Night falls, rain and rain.

The gambling game in Moli Town ended for the time being, and everyone dispersed. There was no one in the ring for a moment, and everything returned to tranquility.

The mayor of the town, Ren Sheng, sincerely invited guests to the banquet, and Qin Xingyi did not shirk, and happily took Mu Shuo to Ren's mansion as a guest. Ren Sheng was very happy to see this, and ordered the kitchen to make more light vegetables and stir-fries, and prepare a jar of fine wine on the dining table in the front hall.

At the banquet, Ren Sheng's brothers and sisters sat in the center, Qin Xingyi and Mu Shuo sat in the guest seats, the fourth and seventh of the seven heroes in Ren's Mansion accompanied each other, and the six of them talked happily without any worries, and a large bowl of wine was poured in front of each person.

After three rounds of drinking, Mu Shuo got up and toasted to the three men in Ren's Mansion and said:

"I've been to Moli Town before, and I've participated in gambling and drinking, but I've never been to Renfu. Today, by the light of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, I can see the extraordinary style of the pavilion of Renfu, and the heroes and heroes in Renfu are all amazing, I am really fortunate to have three lives! Borrow flowers here to offer Buddha, I salute you with a bowl of wine, and you will be friends in the future. ”

After Mu Shuo finished speaking, he raised a bowl of wine, raised his neck and drank the wine in the bowl clean.

Seeing that Mu Shuo was so bold, the three heroes of the Ren Mansion all stood up and drank back, and the atmosphere at the banquet was very warm for a while.

The men toasted, unconsciously snubbing the two women sitting at the banquet. The second lady, Ren Zhen, saw Qin Xingyi sitting beside her, and the opportunity was rare, so she wanted to take this opportunity to persuade her, picked up the wine bowl in front of her, and said:

"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, I don't know how to drink, but, in order to show my sincerity, I drank this bowl of wine in one go. When I'm done drinking, I have one more thing to say to you. ”

Qin Xingyi has deep internal strength, drinking is not a problem, nodding with a smile, picking up a bowl of wine, dividing it into several large gulps to drink, and said: "Second Miss Ren doesn't have to be polite, if you have something to say, please say it directly!" The Lord likes to talk and do things refreshingly. ”

"Well, then I'll get straight to the point! Your Highness, why don't you believe that Prince Xuanyuan is wronged? I don't think he's a bad guy! ”

When Qin Xingyi heard this, she glanced at Ren Zhen in surprise and asked, "Really?" Second Miss Ren just met Xuanyuan Mingyu tonight, how could she be so sure that he was not a vicious gangster? ”

"Your Highness, sometimes I still see people very accurately, and I can tell the good guys and bad guys at a glance. For example, Xuanyuan Gongzi's gentle and elegant attitude, Si Siwenwen's appearance, where is it like a murderous thief's teeth? ”

Qin Xingyi felt that Ren Zhen's opinion was too simple, judging a person's good and bad time had to go through a period of time to observe, how could he see the reason at a glance? However, she did not want to spoil the fun easily, and said:

"Maybe you have a point! In this way, wait for Xuanyuan Mingyu to come, please ask your brother to use a hypnotic trick to ask, maybe things will be a little eyebrow-raising. ”

The two women were talking, and the kitchen maid brought a steaming meal.

Ren Sheng persuaded everyone to have some supper, chatting while eating, he took the opportunity to exchange seats with his sister, and was about to tell Qin Xingyi his heartfelt feelings, coughed lightly, tactfully started his sister's matter, and asked:

"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, my sister pestered you again just now, right? Actually, my sister always urged me to marry her a sister-in-law and go home......"

Ren Sheng just made a start, and was about to spread the topic, but unfortunately, he suddenly heard a noise outside the door, and the second brother of Ren Mansion pushed the door in, went straight to him, and said: "Boss, the matter is done, and the thief has been arrested." ”

Ren Sheng had no choice but to swallow and spit at the mouth, temporarily stopped the topic of courtship, and asked, "Where are the people?" Hurry in, I'm going to interrogate this thief with the eldest princess. ”

"Report to the boss, this thief is very tough, and he desperately escaped at the gate of the town, and it is not easy to catch him. Didn't the boss send someone to me just now, let me weigh this matter? ”

In order to ensure that the thief was imprisoned, the second brother of Renfu knocked on a blacksmith shop along the way on the way back to the house just now, and ordered the blacksmith to specially make a pair of thick and heavy iron shackles for the thief to prevent him from escaping.

The second child of Renfu asked the third and fifth to accompany the thief to wait in the blacksmith shop, and when he saw that the blacksmith shop was not far from Ren's house, he rushed back to report the news first.

After listening to the statement of the second child of Renfu, the mayor of the town, Ren Sheng was about to praise him for his thoughtfulness, but he saw Mu Shuo jump up and asked anxiously: "Where is my gray horse?" You haven't been lost by thieves, have you? ”

"Your grey horse has been brought into the stable, and is drinking water and feeding fodder. You can go and see that the horse is intact. ”

As soon as Mu Shuo heard the joy, he stood up and ran outside the hall door, and while running to the stable in the rain, he shouted: "Okay, okay, go and see, my Maxima, I want to die." ”

Ren Sheng saw Mu Shuo rushing out of the house, and hurriedly asked the fourth child of the Ren Mansion to take care of him, and at the same time, beckoned the second child to enter the table, and everyone dined together.

Qin Xingyi held up the chopsticks, sandwiched a green vegetable in the plate in front of him, did not put it in his mouth, and asked sideways, "How is that thief's injury?" Can I interrogate later? ”

The second child of Renfu was very thirsty, picked up a bowl of wine and drank it all in one breath like a cow's drink, put down the wine bowl, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and replied:

"Your Highness rest assured, just now at the gate of the town, I have already asked the doctor in the house to diagnose and treat him, and the medicine is bandaged neatly, if you interrogate him, it will not be in the way at all."

Qin Xingyi suddenly had a feeling of being close to home, and she was about to see Xuanyuan Mingyu, inexplicably excited, and at the same time a little hesitant and uneasy.

Ren Zhen heard that the second child of Ren Mansion was building torture tools for Xuanyuan Mingyu along the way, and knew that he would be even more uncomfortable, and felt a little sorry for him, so he hurriedly explained to Ren Sheng:

"Big brother, you are mistaken, Master Xuanyuan didn't kidnap me tonight, I wanted to show him the way and take the initiative to give him a ride."

"Girl, you don't have to lie for him." Ren Sheng thinks that his sister has always been honest and timid, how could she take the initiative to lead the way for a stranger who escaped from crime in the middle of the night? I clearly want to exonerate this thief!

"Where am I lying?" Ren Zhen pursed her mouth aggrievedly and did not insist on talking. She is always like this, for the sake of her brother's love for pulling her to grow up since she was a child, no matter what problems she encounters, she always can't bear to refute her brother's face in public.

Qin Xingyi believed what Ren Zhen said a little, and asked the second child of Ren's mansion: "Can Xuanyuan Mingyu admit to kidnapping Second Miss Ren?" ”

The second child of Ren Mansion was eating with chopsticks raised, and when he heard this question, he snorted and said: "How can that little thief admit it, of course, he is sure that there is no such thing, and he will run away with his life." ”

Qin Xingyi blinked when she heard the words "run away with your life", and finally felt Xuanyuan's determination to break the cauldron and sink the boat!

At this time, Qin Xingyi could finally stand in Xuanyuan Mingyu's position and think about him. Assuming that Xuanyuan Mingyu was wronged from beginning to end, then it is understandable that he desperately ran away, who would be willing to be wronged to be a substitute ghost?

However, if it wasn't for Xuanyuan Mingyu to kill his father, who would have poisoned him? Qin Xingyi felt empty in her heart for a while, and she couldn't see the truth clearly, so she could only wait for Xuanyuan Mingyu to come back from the blacksmith shop and make a decision based on the situation.

Mo is not far from the town, there is only one blacksmith shop. In front of the shop is an ironsmithing workshop for processing and manufacturing ironware, and a small courtyard is connected to the back. There are two suites in the courtyard, the inner of which is used as a bedroom, and the outer hall is used for eating and resting.

The blacksmith's surname is Xu, nearly forty years old, and his wife died of illness in his early years, leaving a son Xiaodi, and the father and son depend on each other.

Xiaodi, the son of Xu Blacksmith, is eleven years old this year, simple and kind-hearted, very curious, and likes to meddle in things.

In the middle of the night, Blacksmith Xu and his son Xiaodi were sleeping in the back room, when they were suddenly awakened by a sharp knock on the door from outside the shop.

It's good to have business to do these days, who cares if it's late at night? Blacksmith Xu hurriedly put on a dress and got up, went out to open the door, invited a few guests into the hall, asked about the situation, immediately agreed, lit a fire and made a stove to get busy, and prepared to start work overnight.

Xu's blacksmith son Xiaodi put on his clothes, leaned on the windowsill and peeked into the small courtyard, and saw that a light rain had begun to fall outside the window, and four strangers followed his father into the courtyard in the rain.

The first guest in front of the lead was tall, followed by two stout men carrying a door panel on which lay a young man covered in blood.

Xu Xiaodi hid in the room, opened the door curtain a crack, and with the dim light of a small oil lamp on the dining table, he saw that the young man was lying straight with his eyes closed like a bloody man, not very old, at most four or five years older than himself?

"Uh, this boy bleeds a lot?" Blacksmith Xu saw that the young man was not lightly injured, and asked in shock.

When the tall guest heard the exclamation, he lowered his face and said to Blacksmith Xu very unhappily, "What? Iron striker, you want to be nosy? ”

"The little ones don't dare. I just felt as if the teenager was badly injured and didn't need to be shackled. Blacksmith Xu explained in a low voice.

"What do you know? This thief desperately wants to escape, our Ren Mansion Qixiong has just dispatched two masters, and it took a lot of effort to catch them, do you want to talk more here? ”

Blacksmith Xu was helpless, and didn't dare to argue with the people in Ren's mansion, and asked: "Second master, this young man is weak and seriously injured, how much weight does it take to build leg irons for him?" Five catties is enough, right? ”

This tall guest was the second eldest of the Ren Mansion, and he thought about it and said, "No, at least ten ...... Fifteen pounds, yes, build a heavy shackle of twenty pounds! ”

"Twenty pounds?" Blacksmith Xu repeated in surprise, feeling very sorry for this young man. If such heavy shackles were put on this young man, he would only have difficulty walking when he walked in the future!