After a series of cumbersome processes, it was close to noon at the end of the ancestor worship ceremony, and the Zhao family had prepared a sumptuous banquet and invited the guests who came to watch the ceremony to sit down.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin accompanied Yang He to sit at the main table of the banquet, because the two of them had to continue to investigate the case of Miss Zhang's family, so Yang He came forward to block a lot of wine for the two, and the guests also knew about it, so everyone also raised their glasses and said something.

Compared with the ancestor worship ceremony of the Zhao family, everyone is still more interested in the case of Miss Zhang, and everyone wants to know whether Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin can find out the real culprit and bring him to justice.

What is particularly important is that the Shen family and the Zhao family have enmity, the so-called one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, if you take the opportunity to get rid of Shen Shaoqiang, then the Shen family will be hit, and the Zhao family will have to steadily suppress the Shen family in Qingyuan County in the future, and the Shen family will have to find a new heir.

During the banquet, a stage was set up in the front yard of the Zhao family, on which the popular "Shanxi Bangzi" was performed, which is also known as Jin Opera.

In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the local opera that was originally used for leisure and entertainment in the Ming Dynasty began to enter the stage of professionalization, and some famous local opera troupes appeared in various places, which were deeply loved by the local people.

It is worth mentioning that the period of vigorous development of drama in various places was in the Qing Dynasty, during which drama presented a beautiful scene of a hundred flowers contending, which in turn made Peking Opera, Yue Opera, Ping Opera, Henan Opera and Huangmei Opera have the reputation of the five major dramas.

Although it is only the early stage of the development of drama, it has still won the love of the people, and the performance of the drama on the stage has won the applause and applause of everyone at the scene.

In addition to holding a flowing water banquet for three consecutive days, the Zhao family's ancestor worship ceremony also invited the opera troupe to sing the big drama for three consecutive days, and the people of ten miles and eight towns will be attracted to watch the big play.

After all, it is now the leisure time for the people, and the people are very idle, and when they come to Zhaojiabao, they can not only watch the play but also eat for free, only a fool will miss such a good opportunity.

"My lord, come and see, what's next?" In the middle of the staggering, Old Man Zhao smiled and handed a repertoire roster to Yang He, asking Yang He to come and order the next repertoire to be performed by the troupe.

"I've seen all these tracks, let's let Li Jieyuan come and have some of them, Li Jieyuan has come from afar and hasn't come into contact with our Shanxi Bangzi." Yang He flipped through the roster of tracks, thinking about handing it to Li Hongyu, "Li Jieyuan, you can order whatever you want!" ”

"Lord Zhixian, then the student should be respectful and obey his fate." Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, opened the track roster and looked through it carefully.

To be honest, Li Hongyu has no interest in drama at all, in his opinion, this is undoubtedly an outdated entertainment project, but it is definitely a new thing in the late Ming Dynasty, not only loved by the upper class but also very popular with the people.

"Zhong Kui Marries a Sister"!" Just when Li Hongyu was casually flipping through the repertoire roster, a track suddenly came into his eyes, which made his eyes suddenly light up, and a thought couldn't help but arise spontaneously.

Subsequently, Li Hongyu flipped through the roster and chose "Shatuo Country", which is a classic repertoire of Jin Opera and is deeply loved by the people.

After the banquet, Yang He set off to return to the county seat, Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin, Zhao Lao Zi and others sent him to the town entrance, and the two will rush back to the county government early tomorrow morning to continue to investigate the case.

The guests then left one after another, but those guests who came from afar did not go far, but found a place to stay, waiting to see Yang He try the case of Miss Zhang's murder three days later, at that time Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin will give Yang He a result, and everyone wants to know if Shen Shaoqiang can escape.

In the afternoon, Li Hongyu was dragged by Mr. Zhao to chat with the distinguished guests who did not leave, and Zhao Xin was called to his study by Zhao Deyi.

After Zhao Xin entered the door, Zhao Deyi nodded to a subordinate in the house, and the subordinate left in amusement, closing the door when he left.

"Xin'er, do you know why your father called you here?" Zhao Xin couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw this, Zhao Deyi looked at her quietly and asked after a deep groan.

"Dad, what's that? It's so mysterious. Hearing this, Zhao Xin couldn't help but answer with a smile, she knew everything about the Zhao family and the Fuxiang, and didn't think anything big would happen.

"Do you know what this is?" Zhao Deyi picked up the half of the jade pendant engraved with a phoenix in his hand and asked in a deep voice.

"Dad, this is not a gift you gave me when I was a child, let me keep it well." Zhao Xin glanced at the half of the jade pendant, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, Zhao Deyi took the half of the jade pendant from her yesterday, and she didn't take it to heart, but now it seems that there seems to be something hidden here.

"Xin'er, do you know why there is only half a jade pendant?" Zhao Deyi glanced at the jade pendant in his hand and asked quietly.

Zhao Xin couldn't help but shake her head when she heard this, her eyes showed a curious look, she had always felt strange, but Zhao Deyi never explained it to her.

"This jade pendant is a token of engagement." Zhao Deyi's expression became a little gloomy, and he explained, "More than ten years ago, my father went to Jiangnan to do business, and met a confidant brother who talked about everything, and he happened to have a son of the same age as you, so the two of us gave your family affairs and took away half a jade pendant each. ”

"Dad, why haven't I heard you mention this before?" Zhao Xin was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Zhao Deyi with a stunned expression, knowing that this was a big deal, she should know.

"After saying goodbye to that confidant brother, my father went to Liaodong to deal with the family's business, and only after coming back did he know that he died young and died in a shipwreck when he returned to his hometown."

Zhao Deyi smiled bitterly, and his tone became a little low, "It stands to reason that after his death, the people in his family will definitely come to us to report the funeral, but no one has come to our house to talk about it for several years, which makes my father feel sad and realize that it is likely that he did not have time to tell the family about the engagement before he died." ”

"As soon as he died, the remaining orphans and widows were ostracized by the family's long house, and my father didn't want you to be wronged in the future, so he hid the engagement with a clear conscience."

Saying that, the look on Zhao Deyi's face became embarrassed, and he said with remorse, "Later, my father learned that before he died, he wrote a letter to Qizi about the engagement, and the half of the betrothed jade pendant was also entrusted to someone to take it back, but he left a marriage letter, and he didn't tell his wife who was engaged, and planned to surprise his wife and the people at home after returning home, which made his wife not know that the betrothed person was us." ”

"Dad, why are you telling me this?"

Zhao Xin looked at Zhao Deyi with a surprised expression, no matter what, she couldn't have imagined that there was such a bizarre engine in this half of the jade pendant, and then she came back to her senses, looked at Zhao Deyi in amazement and asked, it was obvious that Zhao Deyi would not explain this to her for no reason.

"There is a saying called fate and three lives, although Dad's wishful thinking is good, but God's will is difficult to disobey, Dad would never have thought that he would go to the hometown of that confidant brother in this life, let alone that you and his son would get closer and closer to become a 'brother' with an irreversible relationship."

Zhao Deyi knew that Zhao Xin's heart was full of doubts at this time, so he took a deep breath, looked at her solemnly and said, "Dad knows, you fell in love with that kid and didn't hesitate to take the imperial examination for this, Dad knew that he couldn't persuade you, and that kid had that half of the jade pendant on him, if you were together, you would sooner or later know about the engagement from that half of the jade pendant." ”

"Dad doesn't want to see you suffer from this in the future, so the choice of this matter is left to you, and it's up to you to decide where to go."

As he spoke, Zhao Deyi took out the marriage letter written with Li Renhai from his body, stepped forward and explained the marriage book and jade pendant to Zhao Xin, who was stunned there.

Zhao Xin's mind was blank at this time, and the whole person froze there, Zhao Deyi had already said it so bluntly, how could she not know what was going on, but how could this be? What happened to her can only be described with the words "unbelievable".

In fact, when Zhao Deyi said that he went to the hometown of the confidant brother to make Zhao Xin meet his son, Zhao Xin already knew what he was talking about, and that person was obviously referring to Li Hongyu, and he was suddenly shocked.

This reminded her of one thing, that is, Li Hongyu has an unknown fiancée, which is not a secret that everyone in Baihe Town knows.

Of course, Zhao Xin also guessed who Li Hongyu's fiancée was, but what she couldn't have imagined was that the fiancée who led Baihe Town and even Xiangyang Mansion would be her, which was a big joke for her, making it difficult for her to accept it for a while.

But soon, Zhao Xin, who was in a daze, came back to her senses from the shock, and hurriedly checked the marriage book in her hand, which really wrote her and Li Hongyu's names, and the people who made the marriage book were Zhao Deyi and Li Renhai, and there were two handprints on it.

"How so?" Zhao Xin knew that this marriage book was true, because she had seen Li Renhai's font in Baihe Town before, and it was the same as the font on the marriage book, and then she looked at Zhao Deyi blankly.

"Providence!" Zhao Deyi couldn't explain the matter between Zhao Xin and Li Hongyu, and said two words with a wry smile.

"Providence?" Zhao Xin was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then looked at Zhao Deyi at a loss and asked, "Dad, what am I going to do now?" ”

Regarding the sudden appearance of the marriage book, Zhao Xin was completely confused at this time, and he didn't know how to deal with it, should he continue to hide it or make it public?

"Xin'er, the power of how to choose is yours, if you want to be with Li Jieyuan, even if your father doesn't want this cheek, he will go to the Li family to explain this marriage clearly."

Zhao Deyi knew that Zhao Xin couldn't rest assured that Li Hongyu would not be relieved, otherwise he would never ask for his opinion, so he said with a pale face, "But in my father's opinion, the leading power in this matter lies with Li Jieyuan, as long as Li Jieyuan agrees with this family matter, then no one can stop it." ”

Zhao Xin couldn't help biting her lip when she heard this, Zhao Deyi was right, the marriage book she was holding in her hand now was protected by the laws of the imperial court, otherwise Qin Yue would not have waited until Li Hongyu was weak to know if she could marry Li Hongyu, as long as she took out this marriage contract before Li Hongyu's weak crown, then Qin Yue would only become a concubine.

"Nope! I can't let him know about it, or he'll think I'm trying to get close to him! Then, Zhao Xin shook his head vigorously, and the expression on his face became extremely gloomy.