Lu Zhuangtou replied: "Early yesterday morning, he took someone to deliver river crabs, pork and vegetables to the big restaurants in the city. ”

Rong'er looked at him and asked, "The city is only half a day's journey from here, and the Xue family is from the county seat, so he went back to visit his mother by the way, but no other Zhuang people came back?" ”

Lu Zhuangtou said helplessly, "He is running errands, in charge of the accounts and all the external affairs of Annanzhuang and Pingnanzhuang, and I am only responsible for the internal affairs of Pingnanzhuang." Why no one came back last night, I'm afraid only Xue ran to know. ”

Rong'er asked, "In terms of housekeeping, are you ready to reconcile the accounts?" ”

Lu Zhuang's head was worried, "Qingmei had an accident yesterday afternoon, and some people were sent out." This morning, Annanzhuang came to reconcile. Xue ran away and was not in the village. I'm afraid we'll have to wait for this to happen. ”

"Wait? How long will it take? Tao Ye came up loudly from outside. followed by Jiang Lian, with a little girl on his back.

There were a lot of villagers from Pingnanzhuang sitting in the corners of the courtyard, and when they saw Tao Ye coming back, they all exclaimed, "Li Qingmei is not dead? ”

"Big brother. Are you back? Intoxicated, he looked at Li Qingmei, lying on Jiang Lian's back and looking at everyone nervously.

Tao Ye walked up the eaves and glanced coldly at Lu Zhuangtou.

Rong'er stood up happily.

"Third Miss. If Li Qingmei died. I'm afraid the death of Qiao's mother and Uncle Ai can't be revealed. And last afternoon, they were going to kill Qingmei ......"

Tao Ye stepped over and pressed Lu Zhuang's head, and kicked him on the calf, although Lu Zhuangtou was a strong man, he couldn't resist the tall and martial arts Tao Ye, snapped and knelt on the ground, forcibly calmed down in a panic, "Tao Guard, don't spew blood!" ”

Jiang Lian put down the green plum.

Qingmei's little face was pale, and when she saw Rong'er, she knelt in front of her and cried, "Please save me from Miss San." ”

Yuqin told her to get up and sit and talk. Rong'er saw that Qingmei was fine, breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she cast an approving glance at Tao Ye.

Yuqin pulled Qingmei to sit on the small stool on the side, and said softly, "Tell me everything you know." ”

Qingmei nodded, pointed to Lu Zhuangtou, and said indignantly, "After Mother Qiao and Uncle Ai came, they were good to the family. Qiao's mother often cooks food for everyone, and Uncle Ai often tells us jokes. However, Lu Zhuangtou and Xue ran together to make false accounts and embezzle grain and materials from last autumn, and all the 2,000 mu of land in Pingnanzhuang were planted for their own use, and in addition to the grain being sent to the shops in the city every month, rice, pigs, chickens, ducks, and vegetables were sent to the shops in the city, and silkworm cocoons were sent to the cloth mills in the city every two seasons. This summer, Qiao's mother and Uncle Ai discovered the crime, and they secretly discussed going back to Anping Mansion to report the news, which was overheard by Dongyan and Xiangtao and told Lu Zhuangtou. On the fourth day of the first month of June, Uncle Ai said to Lu Zhuangtou in the afternoon that he was going to go out to visit a distant relative, Qiao's mother said that she wanted to go into the city to buy things, and Lu Zhuangtou guessed that they were going to Anping Mansion to complain, so he deliberately murdered. That night, Qiao's mother and Uncle Ai ate and drank as usual in Qiao's mother's house, and Dongyan came to call Qiao's mother, saying that the soup she had boiled in the kitchen was dry.

"Qiao's mother went to the kitchen, and Uncle Ai continued to eat in her room, and Yang Dahan, who was watching the warehouse, came in, said hello to Uncle Ai, strangled Uncle Ai while Uncle Ai was not paying attention, and hid in the back room, and when Qiao's mother came back and saw Uncle Ai sitting on a bamboo chair with his head on his head, she stepped forward and touched his hand and said, 'Are you drunk?' Seeing that Uncle Ai didn't move, he pulled his head, looked dead, screamed in fright, and didn't call out, Yang Lao Er came out of the back room, took the scale in Qiao's mother's house and smashed it on her head, Qiao's mother was bleeding and fainted on the ground, Yang Lao Er touched Qiao's mother's snort and didn't die, covered her nose with one hand, and after a while, Qiao's mother ran out of breath, Yang Lao Er picked a fish bone from the table and dipped it into the blood of Qiao's mother, and smeared some blood on Lao Ai's mouth, and then put the bloody fish bone on Qiao's mother's hand, and carried her back to the bamboo chair to sit. Wiped some of the blood from her head on her nostrils, the corners of her mouth, and the sides of her mouth, cleaned up the wounds on her head and the blood stains on the ground, and went out the window. ”

"You talk nonsense!" Lu Zhuang's eyes breathed fire, and he hated to burn Qingmei.

Qingmei has the support of the third lady, knowing that cultivating them is very powerful, the more she talks, the more bold she becomes, pointing to Lu Zhuangtou and saying, "After Yang Lao Er is gone." After a while, Dongyan came back to call Qiao's mother and said that the soup in the kitchen was ready. Seeing this in the house, he called Qiao's mother and Uncle Ai a few times, but no one answered, he looked inside, and saw Qiao's mother bleeding from seven orifices, and screamed for help, Lu Zhuangtou and a few people came in from outside, and then concealed this matter according to what he said yesterday. ”

Lu Angui's woman and Dongyan were both on the eaves, seeing this scene, Yang's face turned pale, and he asked Qingmei, "There is no evidence, how can you talk nonsense?" ”

Qingmei said: "Originally, I didn't know anything. Since my brother and I were orphans, Mother Joe often gave us some good food. On the night of the third day of the sixth lunar month, Xiang Tao's father and a few people caught crabs and fish by the river, and because they caught three big fish, Zhuangtou asked someone to send a fish to Qiao's mother. Qiao's mother and Uncle Ai were ready to go to Huijing, and the delivery carriage went out on the fifth day of the new year, so in order not to arouse suspicion, they planned to go to Jinnan County first, and then go to Huijing from Jinnan County. When I think about it, I don't know what the future holds. On the night of the third day of junior high school, Qiao's mother asked me to go to her house to help her mend her clothes, and quietly told me everything, saying that if she and Uncle Ai did not succeed in going out, she told me to wait until someone from Anping Mansion came, and a big master came before I could tell the truth. ”

Yang said: "You take out the credentials!" ”

Qingmei exclaimed, "I saw this with my own eyes!" On the night of the third day of June, Qiao's mother asked me to mend my clothes on leave, mainly to listen to her, and let me take away one of her torn clothes when she left. During the day I would work in the kitchen, and on the fourth day of June, after dinner, I would sew the clothes and bring them to her. She lives in a house on the west side of the hall, and my house is in a hut outside the west side of the council house. That night, the small door on the west side was ajar, and I came in from the small door, afraid that I would be seen by people outside when I walked from the head, so I went down from the ear door in the hall.

"Uncle Ai lives in the East Wing. In addition to Qiao's mother and Uncle Ai, there are only those who are on duty at night and those who guard the granary at the back. Because there are Mother Qiao and Uncle Ai in front, there is only one person left in the guard room at the gate of the courtyard at night. Leave one person in the backyard. Dongyan won't be in the council at this time, and she usually goes back to her house early. Suddenly going to the west chamber, I felt strange, thinking of the secret that Qiao's mother told me the night before, I was a little nervous, so I took a few steps back, and heard her say to Qiao's mother that the kitchen said that the soup was dry, and then Qiao's mother went to the kitchen with her.

As soon as they left, I saw Yang Lao Er coming out of the hall, looking around for a while, with a cautious expression, and a lot of hideous eyes went down to the west chamber. I felt so scared, so I ran to Qiao's mother's window, and wanted to put my clothes in from here and leave, the door of Qiao's mother's bedroom was open, and I was looking at the dining table outside, so I saw Yang Lao Er killing Uncle Ai. I was stunned. wanted to leave, but was afraid that a sound would alarm Yang Lao'er, so he hid outside the window, and forgot to report to Qiao's mother. Not long after Yang Lao Er killed Uncle Ai, I heard Qiao's mother come back from the kitchen, and I couldn't hear what she was saying, at this time I reacted, it was too late to report to her, and she had already arrived at the door of her house when I heard her voice. ”

Yang said: "Since you want to sue, why didn't you say it to the public when you saw the third lady yesterday, but you went to the mountain yesterday, causing everyone to run around for you, and you didn't say it until now?" ”