In the morning, Ai Qiaoqiao was awakened by a knock on the door.

There was a knock on the courtyard door.

Ai Qiaoqiao opened her eyes and glanced out the window.

Genius is bright, who will knock on the door so early?

Pull up the quilt and cover your head.

She doesn't care who knocks on the door, anyway, it won't be a chatter.

The courtyard door kept ringing, and there was a curse from Ma's in the upper room.

"Are they all asleep, not even one to open the door!"

Lan stood up and was pressed back by Ai Qiaoqiao.

"There's a knock on the door." Lan said.

"We don't know many people in the village, what if you go open the door and let the gangsters in?" Ai Qiaoqiao scared the Lan family.

Lan Shi listened and stopped moving.

Ma scolded in the upper room for a long time, and the knocking outside the courtyard door became louder and louder, mixed with the shouts of strange men.

"Open the door, open the door, the yamen errand is coming!"

Ai Qiaoqiao sat up suddenly.

Is it from the Yamen?

What ordinary people are most afraid of is officials, especially in the countryside, where the big officials will also make the people scared to death, not to mention the yamen who came to smash the door early in the morning.

Ai Tiancheng opened the courtyard door, and two strange men dressed as officials broke into the courtyard.

"Is your surname Ai?" They looked at Ai Tiancheng with an arrogant attitude.

Ai Tiancheng was an honest man, and nodded again and again, "The two officials don't know what's going on?" ”

It is said that it is too early now, and ordinary people have not gotten up, so how can the yamen handle the case now.

"There is a case that is very urgent, we were ordered to arrest the suspect, do you have a person named Zhong Meijuan here?"

Ai Tiancheng was stunned, "She is my second brother and sister, I don't know how many ......"

When the two officials heard this, their eyes immediately widened: "This is what we are looking for, call her out quickly!" ”

There was such a commotion in the courtyard, not only woke up everyone in the courtyard of Lao Ai's family, but even several neighbors around were noisy and came out to check on their clothes.

When an official came to the house, Ai Mingshan didn't dare to slack off, and came out to greet him with a cane in person.

The old man arched his hand: "Two officials, the Zhong family is a woman, I don't know what you are looking for her?" ”

"You are ......," the official looked Ai Mingshan up and down.

Ai Mingshan was busy revealing his identity.

"It turned out to be Mr. Ai." The official nodded perfunctorily, "We are looking for your second daughter-in-law, Zhong's family, the Yamen recently received a case, and the above investigation was urgent, and the suspect was only caught last night, and they specialize in human trafficking, especially the female baby with a look mark......"

"Those people made their own poison pills, as long as they took it, they would have a high fever, and the symptoms were like epidemics, and those female babies who took the medicine were often regarded by the family as incurable, so they were carried out and buried, and then they took the opportunity to get people away and sell the female babies elsewhere."

The two officials sent you a word to me, and the more Ai Mingshan listened, the more shocked he became.

Ai Qiaoqiao had repeatedly pained him for all his actions, and he didn't take it seriously at the time, but now that he thinks about it, he was shocked by the cold sweat all over his body.

Zhong and Ai Yonggui also came to the courtyard at this time, and Zhong heard that the official was going to look for her, and his legs were weak.

"I ...... I've never done anything bad......"

The two officials looked up and saw Zhong, pulled out the chain directly from the back, and stepped forward to lock Zhong.

Zhong knelt on the ground with a "plop".

"Official, what are you going to do when you arrest me, I haven't done anything."

"The suspect we caught confessed that he had sold you a poison pill before, you bring that thing, and we will go to the yamen together."

Ai Qiaoqiao and Lan also changed their clothes and left the ear room at this time.

Hearing this, Zhong's face was like ashes, and he shook his head vigorously, "I...... I don't know what poison pills are! ”

The official was unceremoniously: "Whether you know it or not, we have to see the truth in the yamen lobby." As he spoke, the chain was put on Zhong's neck and locked directly.

Everyone was stunned by this scene.

Ai Tian said honestly: "Official, could it be that the wrong person was arrested, my second brother and sister are just women." ”

"She's the one who caught her." The official sneered, "There is a saying since ancient times, the most poisonous woman's heart, you haven't seen those women in the prison, which of them is not a murder, murdering her husband, breaking corpses and cooking bones, she is even more courageous than you gentlemen, besides, she has no poison pills in her hands...... I'm afraid someone has already been killed by her, right? ”

Hearing this, Ai Mingshan and Ma couldn't help but look over at Ai Qiaoqiao.

Especially Ai Mingshan, the old man looked over with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

Ai Qiaoqiao knew in her heart that at this time, as long as she stood up to prove Zhong's "innocence", Zhong would be fined some silver coins by the yamen at most.

Ai Qiaoqiao turned her head away and pretended not to see it.

She won't be a bad person, even if she really saved the Zhong family today, the Zhong family is by no means the kind of person who will be grateful.

Ai Yonggui was also anxious at this time, and his face was miserable.

He couldn't let Zhong be taken away by the official mission no matter what.

Regardless of whether Zhong's poison pills were bought from those suspects, just when he arrived at the Yamen, Zhong would be frightened by the battle and say everything.

He has been planning for so long, and he has finally come to this point, how can he stop because of this woman!

In particular, he must not be implicated.

Ai Qiaoqiao hid behind the Lan family to watch the excitement, but she was a little puzzled in her heart.

Last night, she was still worried about how to get rid of the marriage arranged by Ai Yonggui and the Zhong family, but it turned out that there was such a thing this morning, which is too coincidental, right?

The official locked Zhong with a chain and pulled her out the door.

Old Man Ai's lips trembled, and he didn't know what to say.

Ma's is even more horizontal, don't look at the usual noisy fierceness, when she really saw the official, she was so frightened that she didn't even make a sound, and was supported by her daughter Ai Qiaohua, just like a person who has not recovered from a long-term illness.

Ai Tiancheng and his son are both honest people, and they don't know how to deal with this situation, Qiu Shi looked at Zhong's embarrassed appearance without saying a word, and he looked a little gloating.

"Two officials, please wait a minute." Ai Yonggui suddenly spoke, "I have a few words I want to ask my woman, please make it easier for the two of you." As he spoke, he took out a few large coins from his bosom and handed them over.

When Ma Shi saw the copper plate he handed out, his heart ached.

"If the official wants to take her away, take her away, son, what else do you want to ask."

The two officials got the money and retreated.

Ai Yonggui ignored Ma and went straight to Zhong.

Zhong's face was full of tears, and she grabbed Ai Yonggui's sleeve, "I don't want to go with them...... You know, I do this...... It's all for you......"

"I know, don't worry." Ai Yonggui comforted Zhong, but there was impatience in his tone.

Zhong was flustered and confused, and didn't notice this at all, "I'm really all for you...... You must save me, I don't want to go to the yamen, will they be tortured if I go to the court? I've heard that they have to take off their pants when they hit the board...... If I really pass the hall, where will I still have the face to see people......"

Ai Yonggui frowned again and again.

Chung's performance was so disappointing to him.

At this time, she still thinks that she will be safe as long as she denies it.

Who doesn't know that the entrance of the yamen is open to the south, and there is no reason to come in without money.

He had managed to save some money privately over the years, and he must not spend it on it.

Besides, even if the Zhong clan really didn't implicate him, how could a woman who had been arrested and entered the yamen have a bad reputation.

He Ai Yonggui wants to mix up in Huai'an City, and there must not be such a discredited wife in the family.

Ai Qiaoqiao and the others saw Ai Yonggui with his ears sideways, as if he was listening to what Zhong said.

Suddenly, a look of rage appeared on his face, and he took two steps back sharply and pointed at Zhong, "You...... What do you say, how can you do such a thing! ”

Zhong was inexplicably puzzled by him, and before she could react, Ai Yonggui angrily picked up the bench in the yard and hit her head.