The man fell to the ground, and everyone looked at Zhang Xueyan.

Zhang Xueyan's face was flushed, her whole body trembled, and she shouted to the man: "You are spewing blood!" I don't know you at all! Aunt Zhang didn't expect to make such a change, held her daughter in her arms, and rebuked the man: "You stinky thief, burglary, and tarnishing other people's reputations, it's really hateful!" My daughter is a good girl from a white family, how can she mix with a scoundrel like you?! Don't talk about it! As he spoke, he turned his head to the Liu family and said, "Sister, such a thief is just standing in a dirty place at home, so let's send him to the government as soon as possible!" Although she didn't know why this person suddenly bit her daughter, Zhang Xueyan was cunning by nature, and she was afraid that there was something hidden from her. fell out in the hall, and her mother and daughter really had nowhere to stay in this Lu family.

Liu was dizzy, seeing that there was a thief at home and ruining his niece's reputation, he was angry, and when he heard Aunt Zhang's words, he hurriedly said: "This is a good word, you quickly escort this person to the official mansion!" However, the Lu family and the others have always only listened to the orders of the young grandmother. At the moment, no one moved, and they all looked at Xia Chunchao.

Xia Chunchao easily grabbed this Zhang Xueyan handle, how could he allow them to end it so lightly, got up and said: "Mrs. Slow, the objects stolen by this person are all things from our inner house." If there is no ghost in the house, he has nowhere to go as an outsider. What's more, this matter involves my cousin again. The daughter-in-law thought that it would be better to interrogate him at home and send him to the government before it was too late. lest he talk nonsense in the court, but make the matter bigger and bigger, and spread his cousin's reputation to the outside. As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Xueyan as if he had nothing to do with it.

I saw that Zhang Xueyan's body trembled and she hung her head silently. Aunt Zhang had nothing to say, so she had to say: "My nephew and daughter-in-law are also reasonable, but if you can't find out anything, you have to give an explanation to my family Xueyan." Xia Chunchao smiled lightly and said: "Mrs. Aunt's words are funny, if you understand that this matter has nothing to do with your cousin, then it is also this scoundrel's blackmail, but how can you ask me to explain?" What my aunt said was as if I had asked this man to come to my house to steal and give it to my cousin. The words choked Aunt Zhang speechlessly.

At that moment, Xia Chun turned to the man: "What is your name, what do you do for a living, why did you come to my house to steal, and how did you steal things." Tell me 1510, lest I command that you be sent to court and suffer the flesh and skin!" ”

The man kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said again and again: "The little one's name is Zhang Er, and he only helps to beg for food in the southwest camp on weekdays. ”

At this point, all the women in the hall looked contemptuous.

It turns out that the so-called helpers in the world are a group of ruffians with no serious physiology, who usually only go in and out of the willow alleys of Flower Street, and live by accompanying the children of the gentlemen to gamble and play, begging for a living. Because of this person's lowly status and vulgar behavior, it is a ninth-rate business in the world, and it is spurned by the world, and ordinary and serious people refuse to let such people come to the door. At this moment, when they heard that this Zhang Er was a helper, everyone didn't say anything, and they were very disdainful in their hearts, and even added a little contempt to Zhang Xueyan.

I only heard this person say: "Xiao Yi has always only walked around the southwest camp, and not long ago I met a young lady at Wang Xiang'er's house. This young lady said that she fell in love with me at first sight, but her parents at home were bent on climbing power and attaching themselves to the noble, and they would definitely want her to be concubines with nobles, and they would never respond to this family business. And she took counsel with me that she would make a private agreement with me for the rest of her life. The small one is just a broken house, where do you dare to respond. However, this young lady insisted on this, and the little one couldn't resist her, so she had to respond. Afterwards, the young lady said that my family was poor and could not live in the future, so I had to make a fortune out of it. Tell me to wait outside your house today, and someone will bring something out. I came as promised, and after the afternoon, sure enough, a small servant named 'Ding Xiaosan' came out of the west corner door of your mansion and handed me a bag of things. I took it, and I remembered the young lady, so I didn't dare to leave, so I waited outside the door. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a while, he was brought in by the family in the house. Ladies and grandmothers, the small sentences are true! The small one is that he eats the ambition leopard and does not dare to steal from your mansion, and I hope you will know it! ”

When the women in the hall heard this, they were as dumbfounded as if they were telling a story, and they could not believe that this girl who had not yet left the court could do such a thing. However, everyone looked at it carefully, and saw that although Zhang Er's words and deeds were vulgar, he was born with a bit of appearance, and he didn't dare to judge for a while.

Xia Chunchao asked again: "The young lady you are talking about, is this the one you are witnessing in time?" Zhang Er knelt on the ground, and didn't dare to raise his head: "Exactly." All the people looked at each other, but they did not dare to speak. The Zhou family was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, although they knew that there was fraud in this matter, but they deliberately added fuel to the fire, and asked: "Who is Wang Xiang'er?" How could Xueyan be in her house? Zhang Er replied: "Wang Xiang'er is a red female branch girl in the southwest camp. ”

When his words landed, everyone couldn't stop whispering. Aunt Zhang was already stunned, and only then did she come back to her senses, and shouted sharply in a sharp voice: "You are talking nonsense, my daughter is an innocent girl, how can she be mixed up with you and other subordinates?!" What enmity do we have against you?! Who have you been subjected to slander my daughter?! Without saying a word, he pounced on him and grabbed the second Zhang to fight hard.

Although Zhang Er was a man in his prime, he didn't dare to touch her, so he only dodged again and again, and shouted "Miss Zhang's help". When Aunt Zhang heard his words, she was even more furious, and she immediately sprinkled a trick, ripped off his hat, tore his clothes to shreds, and scratched a few blood marks on his face. The Liu family was already stupid, and others were not good at interfering, Xia Chunchao couldn't stop shouting, so he asked the little guy to come up and drag them away, and the hall was in chaos for a while.

At this hot moment, Zhang Xueyan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly got up slightly, her face was pale, and she pointed at Zhang Er and asked coldly: "Since you said that I have a personal relationship with you, then what credentials do you have?!" It's too easy to talk nonsense like this. If you can't come up with a solid evidence, I will go to the government to sue you for a crime of tarnishing the reputation of a good family!" I used to observe festivals in other counties, but I asked the court for a watch. Aren't you afraid that the court will punish you for your crimes?! Although she only asked the second question, her eyes couldn't stop glancing at Xia Chunchao and couldn't stop sneering.

Xia Chunchao didn't expect that the Zhang family had asked the court for a watch, and Zhang Xueyan was already a registered festival woman, so she couldn't help but be stunned.

Zhang Xueyan saw it in her eyes, and only said that this matter was unexpected by her, and she was proud in her heart. Zhang Er, the clinker, said: "Miss Zhang, you sent it to the door that day, saying that you took a fancy to my dignified appearance, didn't want to be a widow, and didn't want to be a concubine, as long as you married me, you also gave me a token with your own hands." Why don't you recognize it today? Otherwise, how could I, a person who has no livelihood, dare to provoke a girl from a white family? As he spoke, he took out a silver hairpin from his bosom and spread his hand for everyone to inspect.

Everyone looked at it, only to see that the silver hairpin was about two inches long, the hairpin head was engraved with gilt chrysanthemum patterns, and inlaid with a green jade bead, and the hairpin body was engraved with a small character, which was: When the snow fell on the hidden jade of Yaotai, the first bloom of Yanhua was unknown.

Sister Lu Hong's mouth was fast, and when she saw the hairpin, she immediately said loudly: "Ah? Isn't this the hairpin that my cousin couldn't find when she turned over the sky at home a few days ago? It was in the hands of this man. ”

Her words have fallen, and everyone has understood it in their hearts. They only believed three or four percent of Zhang Er's words, but now they have believed it completely.

Aunt Zhang didn't know why the situation had fallen into such a situation, and she was angry for a while, and she didn't have time to think of what to do, so she slapped her daughter twice with her hand, and scolded the word "shameless" in her mouth.

That Zhang Xueyan didn't dodge or dodge, let her mother beat her, only to feel that her eyes were black, her throat was sweet, a mouthful of blood was about to spurt out, and her body leaned back.

When the hall was in chaos, the women hurriedly stepped forward and supported Zhang Xueyan, screaming and pinching people. Xia Chunchao saw that the chaos was not going to happen, so he ordered the housekeeper to call two strong and healthy mothers-in-law, carried Zhang Xueyan into the upper room, and ordered the little maid to temporarily lock Zhang Er in the demolition room.

The women surrounded Zhang Xueyan and entered the inner room, arguing to see her settle down. The Liu family had already panicked and was about to ask for a doctor, but Xia Chunchao stopped him and said, "Mrs., stay, let the old man in front know and ask, what do you want to say?" This matter involves the cousin's reputation, and it is better to rest on the matter. When Liu heard this, he assigned two mothers-in-law to take care of them, and then he and the women went to the outer hall and sat down again.

At this time, the irrelevant outsiders, seeing that such a disgraceful thing had happened to the Lu family, feared that the lord's family would be troubled, and they all went quietly. At this moment in the hall, only Aunt Yu Zhang and Zhou's family, Xia Chunchao's sister-in-law Wang Di'er, but because her father-in-law and husband had never gone in, it was not good to go first, so they still stayed in the hall.

Everyone sat down, Yingxia served the tea tray as usual, Liu was upset, and had no intention of letting tea, or Xia Chunchao got up and gave it up. Aunt Zhang couldn't stop crying, and no one dared to persuade her. There was no one in the hall for a moment.

After a while, Zhou Shi spoke first: "Today's matter...... What should I do? Although our two rooms have been separated, it is reasonable that my little sister-in-law should not take care of the affairs of the uncle's family. But it's better for such relatives who corrupt the door to come and go. Although she didn't say this, she had already confirmed Zhang Xueyan's notoriety.

Aunt Zhang was sobbing, but when she heard this, she stopped and sneered: "Why did my daughter ruin the doorway?" is just a marketplace brank, can he frame the daughter of a good family with just two sentences? This is also cheaper. What if you have the hairpin? Who knows how this stinky thief stole it? My daughter lost her hairpin here, and everyone in the family knows it! How do you know if someone who is uneasy and kind picked it up and deliberately framed it! As he spoke, he glanced at Xia Chunchao.

Xia Chunchao heard this sound, smiled faintly, and didn't say much. She knew that the mother and daughter of the Zhang family were drowning now, and she pulled straw to save her life. Everyone knows about the previous incident, and there is no need for her to say more. The more sophistry Aunt Zhang is, the more she wants to cover it up.

I only heard Sister Lu Hong say: "Auntie's words are not right, my cousin said clearly that day, there is no second person in the house except Changchun, who can pick up the hairpin?" Aunt Zhang's face was blushing, so she turned her face away and refused to speak.

Zhou looked at it coldly, and said with a faint smile: "I have an idea, I can distinguish the authenticity." As he spoke, he didn't wait for anyone to answer, and said to himself: "This girl is a woman who has not left the cabinet, and she is not as good as a married woman, and she will know if she is chaste or not." Since this matter is related to the name of the daughter's family, and I can't take care of those ones, I will call an old daughter-in-law of the family to come up, and after a check, it will naturally come to light. ”。