When Yuming heard this, he reluctantly said, "This... This jade pendant was given to me by my sister, and the slave is not... I don't know. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You really don't know? ”

Yuming secretly looked at Yuqin and shook his head.

When Yuqin heard this, she was immediately annoyed, pointed at Yuming and said angrily: "Yuming, how can you say that? If it weren't for this jade pendant, you wouldn't have fought with Xu Hai, why are you blaming me now? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Now let's figure out first, is Xu Hai alive or dead?" ”

Yuqin wanted to speak and stopped, looking at Yuming, Yuming quickly lowered his head and was silent.

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, since you don't say it, then I'll find two people to tell you, come here, bring someone to me." ”

The two family members brought two people, Yuming and Yuqin turned their heads to look, and suddenly opened their mouths wide in surprise.

Meng Tianchu pointed to the person who came and said, "You two should know them." ”

Yuqin said in her mouth: "Uncle, aunt." ”

The person who came was none other than Xu Hai's father.

The woman walked up to Yuqin's side, took a sip, and said, "Who is your uncle and aunt, I'm sorry!" Our Xu Hai is really blind, looking for you as a broken gong, and he is still a baby. ”

Man: "What do you even say that our family Xu Hai is alive, you want to marry our family Xu Hai, what kind of woman are you, I really don't know, you can still make such a joke about a person who has been dead for more than two years, don't you think you are too much?" ”

Meng Tianchu motioned for the two of them to sit aside, and then said, "Xu Hai had a dispute with Yuming before he died, why did the matter cause the two of you to fight?" ”

Yuming hurriedly said: "Master, it's not about the slaves, it's her... She seduced the slave and forced the slave to marry her, but the slave was helpless. Only then did I go to Xu Hai to discuss, but in fact, we didn't fight, but we pushed each other twice. ”

Yuqin interrupted Yuming's words and said angrily, "How can you say this about me in front of the master? It's you..."

Before Yuqin finished speaking, Yuming hurriedly said, "Okay." Since this is the case, the slave will tell the master and the ladies the truth, she is not my biological sister, she is two years older than me, and my stepmother brought her to my house. Sir, you think, how can I like a woman who is more than me. ”

Yuqin was about to speak, but Meng Tianchu motioned for her not to speak. Then he said to Yuming: "After Xu Hai died, why did you and Yuqin both leave the house and come out to do things?" ”

Yuming: "My father died a long time ago, and a few days after Xu Hai died, my stepmother, who was Yuqin's mother, also died of the plague, so we came out." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Just the day before Xu Hai died, this jade pendant was still around his neck, I just wanted to ask, how did you get this jade pendant and hang it around your neck." ”

Yuming pointed to Yuqin. Said: "Yuqin gave it to me." ”

Yuqin was furious. said: "You are talking nonsense, it was you who ripped off Xu Hai's neck." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Yuqin, you deliberately want Yuming to be my Meng family's housekeeper, but now it seems that even if he does, do you think he will give you the title of a wife?" ”

When Yuqin heard Meng Tianchu say this, she became sad and said, "Master." The slave knew she was wrong. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Do you know it's wrong? Okay, then you tell me, on the day of the crime, that is, the day Xu Hai and Yuming fought, what was the reason for the two of them fighting, and you were not there at the time? ”

Yuqin cried and said, "Master, the slave admits that she really likes Yuming. But the family has already said goodbye to Xu Hai and me. I don't want to marry Xu Hai, I want to be good with Yuming. I asked my mother to go back to this family business, and then I heard my mother say that Xu Hai's father and mother wanted five taels of silver as compensation, but where do we have so much money? So I discussed with Yuming to come out and do things, and make up the money as soon as possible to return the silver to others, but my mother was still sick, and we couldn't go, so I said that when my mother was better, we would leave, and then I told Yuming that since Xu Hai and I couldn't get better, I wanted to take back the jade pendant that was given to him, which was the slave who sold fifty catties of lotus root in exchange, and the people of their family were so ruthless to us, we couldn't be soft-hearted, so we went to find Xu Hai. ”

Meng Tianchu: "So, you were there at the time?" ”

Yuqin nodded and said, "Yes, I'm here." ^^

Meng Tianchu: "Do you remember the situation that day?" ”

Yuqin: "Yes. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then you will carefully explain it to the official." ”

Yuqin: "Yes, sir. That day, Yuming and I went to Xu Hai and asked him to go to the bamboo forest behind their house, Xu Hai seemed to be sick, a little lacking in spirit, and when he saw us, he ignored him, so I said let him return the jade pendant to me, he was annoyed when he heard it, pointed at me and Yuming's nose and scolded, and said all the ugly words, Yuming was worried that the villagers who were working around and passing by heard it badly, so he stepped forward to cover his mouth, and just like that, the two of them fought. ”

Meng Tianchu: "At that time, do you remember that they ever used wooden sticks or something to beat each other?" ”

Yuqin thought about it, and before she could speak, Yuming said: "Master, I just pulled his collar and took the opportunity to tear off the jade pendant around his neck, and I didn't beat him." ”

Meng Tianchu scolded: "I didn't let you speak, you also shut up for me." ”

Yuming saw that Meng Tianchu was angry and didn't dare to speak.

Meng Tianchu: "Yuqin, you go on, let me tell you, if you have half a lie, I will put you in prison and suffer eighteen kinds of torture from women." ”

After hearing this, Yuqin quickly nodded and said: "Master, the slave maid doesn't dare, the slave maid has done so many things for this man, he actually has a debt to me, how can the slave and the maid help him?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "It's good if you know, you go on." ”

Yuqin: "Yes, master, the slave maid thought that they hadn't touched anything that day, and it was really just a few tugging sessions between the two of them, and the slave maid saw that Yuming had already taken the jade pendant into her hand, so she pulled Yuming away." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Yuqin. Seeing that she stopped talking, she said, "Aren't you mistaken? ”

Yuqin said affirmatively: "I am not mistaken. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, since this is the case, the official will know, you can step back first." ”

Yuqin got up. Without looking at Yuming and leaving, Yuming hurriedly said to Meng Tianchu: "Master, you also heard it, the slave didn't kill Xu Hai, really not." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, let's not talk about this matter for the time being, but you also know the rules of our Meng family." You see whether you treat it with family law, or you roll up and leave. ”

Yuming hurriedly said: "Master, the slave will never dare in the future, the slave does not want to leave the Meng Mansion, and the slave is willing to accept the family law." ”

Meng Tianchu got up and said, "That's okay, someone is coming, drag Yuming to the middle of the courtyard, hang him to the big willow tree at the door, and whip him thirty times." Set an example. Let all the servants and maids in the family come to the courtyard to show me. No one is missing. ”

Yuming was dragged down, and Xu Hai's father and mother walked to Meng Tianchu's side and said, "My lord, have you just let go of this adulterer?" They killed my Hai'er, but did you just let them go? ”

Xiaonuo: "Adults handle cases, do you still need you to teach adults what to do?" Adults naturally know this, you just have to stand and watch. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Xiaonuo, don't do this to them." Don't worry, I will definitely ask for an explanation for your son. ”

Xu Haitian's mother wanted to say something, but Xu Hai's father said: "Forget it, the child, we didn't have any hope, let's go, let's go back." ”

Zuo Jiayin stepped forward. He smiled and said, "You better wait." Since it has already come, it is not too late to wait for the thirty whips of Yumingdi to finish before leaving. ”

Xu Hai's father said sadly and indignantly: "Even if he was beaten to death by you." Our son is also dead, forget it, I don't want to see it. ”

At this time, Xu Hai's mother said: "No, his father, this lady is right, since we have already come, even if we can't bring them to justice, seeing him next to thirty whips, I feel a little happier in my heart, I don't leave, I must see him beaten before leaving." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

Walking to the door, Meng Tianchu whispered something to Slayer Dragon, and Slayer Dragon nodded and walked away.

The moon quietly poked its face out of the clouds, and the entire Meng Mansion was shrouded in a faint halo, after the third watch, the courtyard was completely quiet, and even the lights in Meng Tianchu's study were completely extinguished, and the courtyard returned to the foyer after a thorough inspection and closed the door, at this time, the courtyard heard a very subtle sound, a door opened gently, and then closed again, and then a figure walked lightly towards the end of the corridor in the moonlight, not looking around, it looked very weird.

Walked to the corner of the firewood room, the door was unguarded, the door was slightly open, there had been a person who delivered water to Yuming before, and when he left, he probably forgot to close the door.

The door was gently pushed open, and the figure walked in, and then quickly closed the door, and the moonlight shone through the window into the room, and saw a man lying on a wooden bed, as if asleep, and when the man approached, he asked alertly, "Who is it?" ”

The figure walked over to the bed and sat down, and said softly, "I." ”

Yuming breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the voice, and then remembered something, and said coldly: "What, come and see my miserable situation?" Didn't you already see it in the yard today? ”

"Yuming, are you really so ruthless?"

"It doesn't seem like it's me."

"But you... How can you go behind my back and go with other women? ”

"Humph! So you sue? ”

"Okay, we don't owe each other anything in the future, you can go, I don't want to see you anymore."

"Yuming, I didn't say anything today, can't you really take my feelings into account?"

"Humph! Feel? I think your best destination is still the one called Ear, he is a righteous housekeeper, if you marry him, don't you happen to be a rightful housekeeper's wife? ”

"Yuming, how can you say that? Do you know? I... Why did I panic about the old man today? ”

"You mean I should thank you? Don't forget, you also had a part to help back then, look at your left ring finger. That's the proof. ”

"Yuming!"

"Okay, Yuqin, we're really finished, what the master said today is right, even if you can't see the ears are good for you. You have deliberately driven him away and fulfilled me, but I can't marry you either, because if I marry you, we will have to leave Mengfu, but you must know that the most powerful and rich person in Hangzhou is not the prefect, nor is it a political envoy. \\\\ But this patrol lord, I'm sorry, Yuqin, why did I insist on receiving these thirty lashes today so that I could continue to stay in the Meng Mansion in the future, please... Please fulfill me. ”

"Yuming, but, but you promised me that you would marry me. We used to say that. In the future we will be together forever, I will give you many children, we will..."

"Enough!"

"Yuming, you..."

"Alas! Yuqin, let's face the reality, now there is a man who knows that you and I have done a bad thing, but he is still willing to give you a home and a name regardless of his previous suspicions. Why wouldn't you? You hurt him twice in a row, and he didn't complain about you, so a man is what you can rely on. ”

"But Yuming..."

"Okay, you can't stay here for too long, in the future you will only be my sister, I am your brother, don't say anything."

"Nope. You let me finish! ”

"I told you not to say it."

"What about the things in Yun Village. What about Xu Hai's affairs? ”

"You want to threaten me?"

"Yuming, you shouldn't go back on your word. I tell you, if you don't marry me, I'll go and tell the lord and the lady that you will use a hoe that day..."

"Yuqin! Enough is enough, don't go on, why, why do you have to persecute me? ”

"I didn't persecute you, when you took advantage of me to fall asleep, ** me, you have to know that a woman has lost her virginity before she is married, since ancient times, women have to start from the beginning, you also said so, but now you say you don't want me anymore, who do you let me live with?"

"Yuqin, you mean that if I don't marry you, you will ruin my future in the Meng family, right?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, but if I marry you, you have to leave the Meng family, because the lord and the lady will never allow the two of us to work in the Meng family at the same time, are you willing?"

"Yes." "Okay, you go back first, you've been here too long, it's not good for others to see it."

"Well, then I'm leaving."

"Go ahead."

The door opened, Yuqin immediately heard a scream behind her, was surprised, looked back, only to see that Yuming had fallen to the ground, then someone at the door said: "Yuqin, you are too careless." ”

As soon as the words fell, Yuqin saw Meng Tianchu coming over, followed by his two personal guards, Tu Long and Chai Meng, both of whom were carrying lanterns, and the room suddenly brightened.

Meng Tianchu said to Yuqin: "You look back." ”

Yuqin looked back again, and was very surprised, only to see that one of Yumingdi's hands was already covered with blood, and there was a wooden stick on the ground, sitting on the ground and moaning.

Dragon Slayer: "If we were one step too late, the wooden stick in his hand would have hit you on the head." ”

Yuqin was stunned, rushed to Yuming, and asked loudly, "Yuming, you... You want to kill me? ”

Yuming glanced at Yuqin coldly and did not speak.

Yuqin was completely desperate at this moment, she slapped Yuming fiercely, and said, "Beast, I already have your child in my belly, how can you?" ”

Yuming looked at Yuqin with a desperate face in surprise when he heard this, grabbed Yuqin's hand, and then hurriedly said: "Yuqin, I'm just confused for a while, you forgive me, you really forgive me, I was wrong, I married you, we left Mengfu, walked far away, and took our children with us." ”

Yuqin shook off his hand fiercely and said, "It's late." ”

Yuming looked at Meng Tianchu, and then continued to plead: "It's not too late, Yuqin, I love you, really, just now I was just in pain everywhere, and I was in a bad mood for a while, I'm sorry, you forgive me, for the sake of your stomach, you already have my flesh and blood in your stomach, forgive me." ”

Yuqin stood up, walked to Meng Tianchu's side, slowly knelt on the ground, and said, "Master, I'm sorry." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I understand, you don't want the child in your belly to be born without a father, right?" ”

Yuqin nodded.

Meng Tianchu: "What did you just say that Yuming did to Xu Hai with a hoe?" ”

Yuming said loudly: "Yuqin, please! ”

Yuqin turned around and glanced at Yuming coldly, and then said to Meng Tianchu: "At that time, Xu Hai pressed Yuming to the ground, Yuming knocked Xu Hai's head with a hoe beside him, and Xu Hai's head was bleeding at that time, I pushed Xu Hai away from Yuming, and then wanted to pull Yuming away, who thought that Xu Hai was holding a sickle in his hand at that time, he rushed up, I blocked it with my hand, and the fingers of my left hand were cut off by him." ”

Meng Tianchu: "You continue." ”

Yuqin: "At that time, Yuming saw me squatting on the ground in pain, and he was angry for a while, so he hit Xu Hai with the hoe in his hand and hit Xu Hai in the face, and hit Xu Hai's waist at that time, Xu Hai squatted down at that time, I was worried that something would happen, so I took Yuming away, that's all." ”

In this way, it is related to the two injuries on Xu Hai's body, it seems that Xu Hai's death is really related to Yuming, Meng Tianchu walked to Yuming's side and said, "It seems that you can't stay in our Meng Mansion anymore." ”

Yuming saw that Yuqin had told everything and knew that he was finished, so he said, "It's over, everything is over." ”

Tu Long and Chai Meng walked out with Yuming, Meng Tianchu looked at Yuqin with a desperate face, and said, "There is someone who wants to see you." ”

Yuqin looked at Meng Tianchu silently and said, "Master, Yuqin is very sinful, and I don't want to stay in the Meng Mansion anymore, I don't want to see anyone, I just want to leave." ”

At this time, a person walked to the door, Yuqin looked at it, and was immediately shocked, and said, "Ear, why are you back?" ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "I sent someone to ask him to come back, you can talk about it." After speaking, Meng Tianchu left.

Yuqin walked out of the door, and when she saw that Ear was looking at her, she lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry." ”

Ear shook his head and said, "I don't blame you, and you don't know I'm sick." ”

Yuqin was puzzled and said, "Are you sick?" ”

Ear: "Yes, even I didn't know I was sick before, and the third lady said, what is my disease called lantern disease, but it can be cured." ”

When Yuqin heard this, she was even more ashamed, and said, "Ear, I'm really sorry, the second miss still doubted you when you were in the Liu family." Master Liu also blames you, when you get to the Meng family, I'm still like this, it's really..."