Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "I really don't know that this is the taste of soju, but just now Jiayin said that millet can't be eaten with soju, so I wanted to find soju to see if this thing was causing trouble." ”

Only then did Liu Er understand the reason why Meng Tianchu let him take the soju, so he said, "Then what are you going to do now?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "In this case, you go and catch a live chicken or dog for me." ”

After hearing this, Liu Er got up and went, Zuo Jiayin: "Do you want to witness it with your own eyes?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and nodded.

Zuo Jiayin was a little tired, so he lay down, Meng Tianchu thoughtfully covered Zuo Jiayin with a quilt, and said, "Why don't I go out with Liu'er, lest you can't have a good rest." ”

Zuo Jiayin: "No, I've been sleeping all day, and I can't sleep anymore, I used to hear that millet can't be eaten with soju, and today I want to see if it's true or not." ”

Meng Tianchu remembered the scene when he saw Chai Meng and Liu Er outside the door before, so he said to Zuo Jiayin: "What do you think of this girl after getting along with Liu Er?" ”

Zuo Jiayin: "It's good, it's a hard-working child, kind and very smart, it's rare." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I suddenly had an idea just now, I don't know if it's feasible or not?" ”

Zuo Jiayin held Meng Tianchu's hand and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I think we really have the heart to let us find a husband for Liu'er, I think there is someone more suitable than He Ding and Xu Wei." Zuo Jiayin: "Who?" ”

Meng Tianchu whispered: "Chai Meng." ”

Zuo Jiayin agreed again and again after hearing this, and said with a smile: "It's still Tianchu, you have a heart, why didn't I think of it, one is unmarried and the other is unmarried." That's right! I just don't know what the two of them mean. ”

Meng Tianchu: "It's not simple, you ask Liu'er, I'll go find Chai Meng." ”

Zuo Jiayin nodded and said, "I hope both of them have this thought." By the way, Ruofan is also here today, there is a sentence about you and me, I want to ask you..."

Meng Tianchu interrupted Zuo Jiayin's words and said, "I know what you want to say. But I really don't know how to answer you right now. ”

Zuo Jiayin: "You haven't thought about it? ”

Before Meng Tianchu could speak, Chai Meng led Mrs. Cheng and Xiaonuo to the door.

Mrs. Cheng: "I didn't wait for Lord Meng for half a day. I came straight over, hoping not to be surprised. ”

Meng Tianchu hurriedly stepped forward and looked at Chai Meng, Chai Meng understood what Meng Tianchu meant, so he had to make a helpless look.

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Cheng, there happened to be something here, so I asked Feiyan to come over to accompany you, why, didn't she come?" ”

Mrs. Cheng looked disdainful. "When I thought of my daughter, I would be a princess. I feel aggrieved because you want to live with Feiyan, who was born as a girl, hum! ”

Meng Tianchu was about to refute a few words, Xiaonuo hurriedly pulled Meng Tianchu's sleeve, and said to his mother with a smile: "Mother, you are really, in a few days Tianchu and we will be a family." How bad it is for you to say that. ”

Mrs. Cheng snorted. Said: "Master Meng, since we are here. It's not like we're just standing outside the door, is it? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then let me lead Mrs. Cheng to the front hall to sit down, and Jiayin will fall asleep, so it is inconvenient to disturb." ”

Mrs. Cheng looked at it, and Xiao Nuo pulled her and said, "Mother, let's go, let Sister Jiayin sleep for a while." ”

Mrs. Cheng naturally didn't know that Zuo Jiayin was injured, so she muttered, "Fell asleep so early? ”

Xiaonuo: "Sister Jiayin suffered from some cold the day before yesterday, so... Alright, alright, let's go. ”

Xiao Nuo pulled Mrs. Cheng to take a step forward, turned around and made a grimace at Meng Tianchu, and both of them gave each other a sweet smile.

Meng Tianchu: "Chai Meng, didn't you ask the fourth lady to accompany Mrs. Cheng and Xiaonuodi?" What about people? ”

Chai Meng: "I went to call, and the fourth lady also came, but Mrs. Cheng was really difficult to serve, the fourth lady's chair was not hot, so Mrs. Cheng let the fourth lady go, and what she said was really not good, but fortunately, Miss Xiaonuo was on the side to help the fourth lady speak, or Mrs. Cheng would have to cry the fourth lady." ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but sigh, and said to Chai Meng: "That's it, I'll go and accompany Mrs. Cheng first, and when Miss Liu'er comes, you and she will lead the chicken and dog to the backyard to do it, don't disturb Jiayin's rest, you know?" ”

Chai Meng was puzzled and said, "What chicken dog?" What are you doing? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Miss Liu'er will tell you, I will go first, what is the result, when Mrs. Cheng leaves, you can come and tell me again." ”

Chai Meng nodded in response and stood at the door of Zuo Jiayin obediently waiting for Miss Liu'er, he didn't know that Meng Tianchu deliberately created an opportunity for the two of them to be alone.

After Meng Tianchu, Mrs. Cheng and Xiaonuo came to the front hall and sat down, Mrs. Cheng said straight to the point: "Did you write a letter to Xiaowei when I asked you to write it?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "I wrote it, I flew the pigeon to pass the book on the same day, I think it's almost there." ”

Mrs. Cheng: "Today, the He family in the capital has a letter. ”

Meng Tianchu doesn't care about this He family anymore, anyway, Xiaonuo is already his, and no one can snatch it away, and with Cheng Ziyi and Xiaowei behind him to help, he is no longer afraid of what Mrs. Cheng will do.

"Oh, yes."

Seeing that Meng Tianchu was not nervous at all, Mrs. Cheng was obviously a little disappointed, so she said: "That's it, I am also a person who believes in my word, I hope that Lord Meng can also let me go."

Meng Tianchu naturally knew what Mrs. Cheng was referring to, so he peeked at Xiao Nuo and nodded.

Meng Tianchu: "Madame came here for this matter?" ”

Mrs. Cheng: "I came by the way to see how you are preparing for the marriage, I heard that your second lady has returned to Beijing at this juncture, and the eldest lady and the third lady are also lying on the bed before it gets dark, and there is only one girl who is busy working here." What's the matter, Master Meng, if you don't want to marry our family Xiaonuo and tell me directly, I don't want my daughter to suffer this. If you are so wronged, you will marry your Meng family, hum! There is actually a daughter of a fourth-grade official who is on an equal footing, and my daughter is also stupid, so she even agreed. ”

Xiaonuo: "Mother, where did you come from to be so angry." Sister Fengyi and Sister Jiayin are also busy with Zhang Luo, and there are so many underground people and maids in the Meng family. Don't worry about it. ”

Mrs. Cheng: "I don't worry about it, I'm afraid no one really worries about you." After speaking, he deliberately looked at Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu coughed twice and did not speak.

Xiaonuo stood up and said, "Okay, let's go, don't you still want to accompany me to see the jewelry that has been ordered?" The boss is still waiting at home, let's go. ”

Mrs. Cheng got up and said lazily: "Master Meng, I have ugly things in my head anyway. If you don't promise me well. I'll tell her dad to settle accounts with you. ”

Meng Tianchu said yes again and again, Xiao Nuo smiled and helped Mrs. Cheng out of the door.

Meng Tianchu sent them away and went straight to the backyard.

Meng Tianchu took Chai Meng and Tulong to the Governor's Mansion early to pick up Xiaonuo and went directly to the mortuary of the mansion, and when he arrived at the door, he found that the body was gone, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and quickly asked the officer, only to know that it was Yang Lezhi's wife who transported the body away in the morning. Meng Tianchu and the others took more than a dozen officials to chase after them quickly. Finally, Mrs. Yang was stopped five kilometers outside the city.

Meng Tianchu: "Mrs. Yang, why are you doing this?" ”

Mrs. Yang didn't expect Meng Tianchu and them to catch up with them so quickly, and she was surprised at first. Then he began to weep and did not speak.

Xiao Nuo saw that Yang Lezhi had been put into the coffin, so he ordered someone to put the coffin down, Mrs. Yang's face changed greatly when she saw this, and she hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, pushing Xiao Nuo out of the palm for a long time, and Meng Tianchu helped Xiao Nuo with a quick eye attack.

Mrs. Yang lay on the coffin and said loudly: "Master Meng, you let the slave family transport the Xianggong back, this is also the meaning of the mother-in-law, I have already done the magic of the master to my father-in-law, and if you open the coffin now, then my father-in-law will never be able to live beyond his life, and he will be a lonely soul and a ghost for the rest of his life." ”

A man wearing a robe on the side stepped forward and folded his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Mrs. Yang said very much, Lord Meng, since you can't find anything in Lord Yang, why do you let the dead people be disturbed by the living again and again?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "How do you know that I haven't found out anything?" ”

The monk choked and stammered, "Poor monk... Also... I also listened to what Mrs. Yang said. ”

Meng Tianchu sneered, walked up to Mrs. Yang, and said, "Mrs. Yang, before the case is cleared, you can't take Lord Yang away, we must take Lord Yang back." ”

Mrs. Yang lay on the coffin and didn't leave, and said: "My mother-in-law has already said that today is a good day for burial, we won't let you check it, you just let us take Xianggong back, no matter what I say today, I won't let Xianggong give it to you." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then why don't you let me open the coffin now, let me see Lord Yang, and I'll let you bring Lord Yang back, what do you think?" ”

Mrs. Yang: "No, once the master has done the Dharma, he can't open the coffin again, this is the rule." ”

Meng Tianchu was also unrelenting, and said: "Since Mrs. Yang didn't let me open the coffin on the spot, I had no choice but to offend, come here, bring Lord Yang back to me." ”

When Mrs. Yang saw the servant come forward, she took out a sharp short knife from her sleeve, put it on her neck, and said to Meng Tianchu: "If Lord Meng opens the coffin today, the slave family will die in front of you." ”

Meng Tianchu didn't expect Mrs. Yang to be so resolute, thought about it, and said: "That's it, since Mrs. Yang insists like this, then there is no need to open the coffin, you can go." ”

Mrs. Yang got up at this time and looked at Meng Tianchu cautiously, for fear that he would suddenly rush forward, so she kept the knife on her neck and followed the team forward.

Xiao Nuo walked up to Meng Tianchu and whispered, "Tianchu, what do you think should be done?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Since we are not allowed to open the coffin here, then we will go to Jiaqing Mansion together, anyway, Lord Yang and I were once officials, and it is my duty to give Lord Yang a ride before he leaves." Let's go. ”

Xiaonuo smiled and nodded, followed everyone to turn over and get on the horse and follow Mrs. Yang and them, and after a while, Mrs. Yang let the team listen. walked up to Meng Tianchu's ground, looked at Meng Tianchu with complaining eyes, and said, "Master Meng, even if I beg you, don't follow anymore." All right? I'm not going to change my mind. ”

Meng Tianchu arched his hand and said, "Lord Yang and my colleagues have a fight, since we are going to be buried today." Then it's reasonable for me to give Lord Yang a ride, right? ”

Mrs. Yang hesitated, and said for a long time: "Let me tell you, my father-in-law was not killed, he couldn't drink alcohol himself, but he drank a few glasses to be like this, we won't pursue it, why are you bothering?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "I didn't pursue it, can't I give Lord Yang a ride?" ”

Mrs. Yang had no choice but to turn around and leave, walked a few steps and turned back. Said: "Master Meng." Now the Yang family has no hope, they just want to close the door and live a good life, that's all. ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Mrs. Yang had some bitterness in her eyes, but she swallowed it a few times, Meng Tianchu always had a premonition that Yang Lezhi's death was related to Mrs. Yang.

Finally arrived at Jiaqing Mansion, Meng Tianchu found that Mrs. Yang had not returned home. Instead, he directly took Yang Lezhi to the coffin and went halfway up the mountain. When I got to that place, the old woman I saw yesterday and her four children were already waiting there. Strangely, there was not even a single subordinate following, and from a distance, it was really desolate.

When she got closer, the old woman saw that Meng Tianchu was also following, a strange expression flashed on her face, and she stepped forward to give Meng Tianchu a salute.

The old woman: "Master Meng, you are so polite, how hard it is to travel so far, you still come to give Zhi'er a ride." ”

Meng Tianchu returned the salute, and saw that several people carrying the coffin quickly unloaded the coffin, ready to put it in the pit that had been dug, Meng Tianchu said: "Old lady, don't you want to see your son's last face?" ”

The old woman's body trembled slightly, and she held the dragon's head cane firmly in one hand, and said in a choked voice: "No, don't look at it, it's even more sad to watch." ”

Meng Tianchu felt that the old woman did not speak like an ordinary person, but more like a woman who had read a book, since such a woman had read a book, her family background should be quite solid, but Yang Lezhi could not see that she was from a family with a solid background.

Meng Tianchu: "I found a clue yesterday, I wanted to see it today, who thought that Mrs. Yang insisted on not letting the coffin open, so I also asked the old lady to give her the next chance, and also let Lord Yang under Jiuquan feel at ease." ”

The old lady looked at Meng Tianchu and said, "What do you mean by Lord Meng?" ”

Mrs. Yang hurriedly stepped forward, knelt in front of the old lady, and said, "Mother, you can't open the coffin, the prime minister has already gone, let him be buried in peace." ”

The old lady snorted and said, "You are very virtuous at this moment. ”

Mrs. Yang peeked at the old lady, and quickly shut up and didn't dare to speak.

Meng Tianchu: "I found an important clue yesterday, so I wanted to see Lord Yang again, hoping that the old lady would be successful." ”

The old lady thought for a while and said, "Open the coffin!" ”

Mrs. Yang was stunned, and when she saw that the servant was about to open the coffin, she rushed forward and threw herself on the coffin, and said loudly: "Mother-in-law, I beg you, don't, don't." ”

The old lady was about to speak, when suddenly a voice came from behind her, and everyone looked back, only to see a woman in plain clothes supported by two maids, this woman had a haggard face and a thin figure, and there was really a feeling of weakness.

Meng Tianchu was even more surprised, only to see the woman slowly step forward, first walked to the old lady to give a salute, the old lady saw this woman's face suddenly turned pale, stretched out her hands to support the woman, and said tremblingly: "Meng'er, how are you... How did it come? ”

Before the woman could open her mouth, she was already in tears, and she threw herself on the old lady and cried, and the people on the side looked at the clouds and fog, but Mrs. Yang stepped forward, tore the woman away from the old lady, and said with a sneer: "Who asked you to come, what are you doing here?" ”

The woman ignored Mrs. Yang, but knelt in front of Yang Lezhi's coffin in an ordinary way, stretched out her skinny hands and gently stroked the coffin, tears couldn't stop flowing down.

Mrs. Yang was about to step forward to stop her, but who would have thought, the old lady raised her dragon head crutches to block Mrs. Yang's way. Mrs. Yang glanced at the old woman in fear, and the old lady said coldly: "You must know that if you hadn't framed my family's son, my family's son would not have died young today." Not to mention that you will not let this woman give him a funeral. ”

When Mrs. Yang heard this, she was stunned, and couldn't help but take a few steps backwards and almost fell.

The old woman looked at Meng Tianchu, who was confused on the side, and said, "Lord Meng." Don't you want to give an explanation to the old body? Let's get started. ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Xiao Nuo, and Xiao Nuo hurriedly took out Meng Tianchu's gloves and gown and put them on for Meng Tianchu. The official opened the lid of the coffin, Meng Tianchu walked to the coffin, and the woman knelt on the ground, her eyes stunned and looked at Yang Lezhi, who was lying in the coffin and neatly dressed, as if she had been stunned.

Meng Tianchu stepped forward and said softly, "Madam, please leave for the time being, okay?" ”

The woman didn't move, and the old woman came up and said, "Meng'er, come." Go to the side with my aunt and sit down first. ”

The woman then stood up. The maid on the side hurriedly helped the woman to the side.

Meng Tianchu saw that Mrs. Yang's face was pale, and she was already sitting on the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Xiaonuo: "Tianchu, let's start." ”

Meng Tianchu took out a knife and stretched out his hand towards the coffin. It was a large pine forest, and the wind blew through it, and the woods rattled, and the children were taken by the old woman to the carriage not far away. No one came over to ask Mrs. Yang. Including those children.

After a stick of incense, Chai Meng called the old woman and the woman back together according to Meng Tianchu's instructions.

The old woman walked up to Meng Tianchu's side. Meng Tianchu had already packed everything, but there was a light yellow slimy thing in his hand, which was the size of a soybean.

Meng Tianchu: "Old lady, take a look, do you recognize this thing?" ”

The old woman took the thing and rubbed it in her hand, and said, "Rice cake? ”

Meng Tianchu nodded.

The old woman suddenly turned to Mrs. Yang and glared angrily, pointed at Mrs. Yang and shouted: "You say it's not you, you still say it's not you, look at what this is..., look at what this is?" ”

Mrs. Yang: "Mother-in-law, don't wronged me..., I have been staying at home in Jiaqing Mansion, how can I give Xianggong rice cakes, besides, Xianggong's body can't touch this thing." ”

The old woman stepped forward and raised her dragon head and was about to hit it, but Chai Meng hurriedly stopped it.

Meng Tianchu: "Old lady, don't worry, Mrs. Yang is right, since everyone knows Lord Yang's body, naturally they won't give him this food, and Mrs. Yang was not in Hangzhou Mansion the day before she died." ”

The old woman sneered twice and said, "But in this family, she is familiar with that Zhao Yuanwai's family, no, to be precise, she is only familiar with that housekeeper, hum!" How can people know that I can't eat rice cakes? But any food that has millet can't stick at all, because he has a bad appetite and can't digest these things. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then Lord Yang himself should know." ”

The old woman: "If he doesn't drink alcohol, he won't eat these things, but if someone deliberately harms him after drinking, then how does he know what he eats, I remember telling you that after my family has drunk, no one knows anyone, no one remembers, let alone food." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Does the old lady mean that Mrs. Yang revealed this matter to people with ulterior motives?" ”

The old woman sneered and pointed at Yang Shuo and said, "Lord Meng has seen Zhao Yuan's foreign housekeeper?" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded.

Old woman: "Don't you think this child is very similar to the housekeeper?" ”

Meng Tianchu was stunned, only then did he understand, the old woman said this, and only then did she solve her mystery yesterday, no wonder she felt that this child looked familiar with the ground, as if she had seen it somewhere, but she didn't expect it to be..., then this woman named Meng'er is Zhao Yuanwai's wife, wasn't this woman crazy three years ago? Why did he suddenly appear here now, everything seemed to be a mystery, which made Meng Tianchu a little confused.

Mrs. Yang climbed to the old woman's side and said, "Mother-in-law, you have always misunderstood me, and I know that if it weren't for me, Lezhi would have married this woman, but I..."

The old woman interrupted Mrs. Yang angrily and said, "Shut up for me!" I'll ask you the truth today, did you get drunk with dreams back then? Placed on Zhao Yuanwai's bed? ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, Mrs. Yang thought for a long time, and said, "It's not me, it's herself..."

Meng'er stepped forward and slapped Mrs. Yang twice. The child on the side saw that his mother was beaten, so he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Yang and cried.

Meng'er looked at Mrs. Yang coldly and said, "These two slaps, one for me, if you hadn't been bent on finding a father for the child in your belly." Why did you come to frame me? Lezhi and I have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and you were actually when Lezhi and I were about to get married. Drunk me and Le Zhi, you put me on Zhao Tiandi's bed, and then you put yourself next to Le Zhi, who was already unconscious, and when we woke up, everything had changed, why were you so ruthless? ”

Seeing that the matter had been revealed, Mrs. Yang simply laughed a few times and said, "What's the matter?" Do you think I don't know that Lezhi is doing a good job in Jiaqing Mansion, why should Master Jian recommend himself to Hangzhou Mansion as an official? Hmph 1: Don't you want to rebuild with you? ”

Meng'er trembled and pointed at Mrs. Yang and said, "I have already made you like this, how can you still be so poisonous to me and Le Zhixia?" Three years ago. You conspired with the housekeeper to knock out the baby in my womb. In order to protect myself, I pretended to be crazy and stupid, but today you are not dead, and you will be happy..."

Mrs. Yang: "I didn't kill Lezhi, Lezhi is my father-in-law, how could I kill him, you all wronged me." I didn't! ”

Meng'er sneered and said, "Hmph! You don't. You asked Lezhi to move to my house just to create rumors for me and Lezhi, so that others would think that I was an impure woman. It's not me who really wants to reconcile with my old lover, it's you! ”

Mrs. Yang: "You have wronged me." ”

Meng'er glanced at Meng Tianchu and said, "Lord Meng, didn't you find something in the housekeeper's house?" ”

Mrs. Yang looked at Meng Tianchu vigilantly, Meng Tianchu took out the silk handkerchief embroidered with the word "plum" from her arms, Mrs. Yang was about to grab it, the old woman had sharp eyes, snatched it, looked at the face that fell on Mrs. Yang, and said angrily: "Cheap!" ”

Mrs. Yang pointed at Meng'er and said, "You framed me, how do you know that the housekeeper's house has my silk handkerchief, it is obvious that you want to take revenge." So he framed Lezhi, and then framed me. ”

Meng'er sneered: "I don't want to get out of the next room like you, and then run to my father-in-law's bed to sleep, such a woman is really despicable." ”

Mrs. Yang pointed at Meng'er, so angry that she couldn't speak.

Meng Tianchu: "However, on the day of Lord Yang's death, someone did deliberately leave Lord Yang's back window open and not closed, so that he could come in and take away his evidence afterwards." ”

Old woman: "Has Master Meng found out who is in my son's room?" ”

Meng Tianchu pointed at Mrs. Yang and said, "It's you!" ”

After hearing this, Mrs. Yang immediately said, "Master Meng, you must have evidence for what you say." ”

Meng Tianchu pointed to Mrs. Yang's shoes and said, "The mud on the soles of your shoes is proof." ”

When Mrs. Yang heard this, she immediately looked down, Meng Tianchu said: "I asked, there has been no rain in Jiaqing Mansion a few days ago, I didn't suspect you at first, but if someone from Zhao Yuan's family entered the window, then there should be two shoe prints on the windowsill, and there is only one shoe print on the window sill, which is from the Zhao family, and there is some dry soil to tell me, when that person came in, the shoes were dry, you said that you drove from Jiaqing Mansion in the morning and went directly into the courtyard of the Zhao family, so your shoes should be dry, so there are no shoe prints." ”

Mrs. Yang: "I... I didn't, and besides, how do I know the rear window is open. I'm just going, what evidence do I need to destroy? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Naturally, someone entered Lord Yang's house in a bright and bright manner, and opened the back window for you while Lord Yang was not paying attention, and when Zhao Yuanwai asked Lord Yang for the house money that day, he said that he came back drunk, in fact, someone deliberately let Zhao Yuanwai see that your father-in-law drank alcohol, so that he would not easily suspect others, because your father-in-law is sick and can't drink, everyone in your family knows this, naturally they will not suspect it, Zhao Yuanwai's witness is very important, and then that person took some rice cakes to find your father-in-law, If you continue to drink with your father-in-law, if you take the drinking glass and rice cakes with you when you leave, it will be easy for people to be suspicious, so these things need to be done by you. ”

Mrs. Yang's cold sweat came out, and she said, "These are your assumptions, not what you said. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Is it what I said, don't you know when you ask the housekeeper?" In addition, the housekeeper's right hand was accidentally on his thumb and index finger three years ago, so he couldn't close the door with one hand and hold something with the other, what do you say, Mrs. Yang? ”

Meng'er: "Three years ago, the housekeeper's hand was injured by Lezhi, why didn't you tell Master Meng about it, Mrs. Yang?" ”

Mrs. Yang completely collapsed to the ground, and Meng'er said: "I'll tell you, I'm fed up, I and Le Zhi let you and the housekeeper do this, I said that you will have retribution sooner or later, look at it, retribution is finally coming, Le Zhi Quanxia knows, and he will definitely smile."