"Homicide?" Caihuan listened to the coachman's words and felt her teeth chatter.

The coachman only thought she was afraid, and said, "What a bad luck! Not only was the kiln sister unlucky, but the few poor people hired by this family were also unlucky, and they were all arrested by the old bustard, and they had to go to the yamen. There are a lot of people who see the excitement, I'm afraid it's not good to vacate the road, saying that someone has already gone to Shuntianfu to report the case, and when the errand comes, there will be a delay, little sister, why don't we take a detour? ”

"Detour, detour, uncle!" Caihuan only felt that her ears were "buzzing", and she responded in a panic and put down the curtain.

The coachman tugged on the reins and turned the mule cart around.

Caihuan was trembling in the car, and her palms were covered with cold sweat.

Xia Chan's life experience, Cai Wan also knows a little, knowing that she is from Yangzhou, her mother died, and she has a younger brother at home, and her stepmother secretly sold her to Yazi.

Obviously, this Xia Cicada was given to his uncle by his third young master, how did he become an uncle abduction?

After getting along for half a month, she also saw Xia Chan's surname, and she was the most timid and afraid. Because she saw her uncle wielding the whip, she was so afraid that she hadn't slept well for the past few nights, for fear that the whip would also fall on her head.

Can a person who is even afraid of being beaten have the courage to hang himself?

Caihuan grew up in the Li family's mansion, and she didn't know how much she had heard about the dirty things of the powerful people, and she knew the abnormality.

She was so confused that she didn't come to her senses until the coachman went around an alley, reached an intersection, stopped the carriage, and asked her what to do next.

She opened the curtain, pointed to the door randomly, and said, "Uncle, I'm here." Get off here, save grandma knowing how to hire a car and scold me for being lazy. As she spoke, she got out of the carriage, took out the copper coins from her purse, and cleared the fare.

The coachman was honest, and when he saw that she was about to leave the paper bag containing the vegetables, he also opened his mouth to remind: "Little sister, don't leave things behind, it's not easy to be a slave with others." ”

Cai Wan thanked her, carried the paper bag, watched the mule cart leave, and then slowly walked towards Qianmen Street.

Sun Zhai didn't dare to go back, and the servants in the Sun family's outer house thought she was Xia Chan's girl. If you go to the yamen and don't match the words of the old bustard, you don't know what to say.

It seems that I have to go back to Li's house first, and tell the third young master about this incident......* Sun Jue's side, who is riding back from the yamen, and his heart is very depressed.

Not only is the family not peaceful, but the things in the yamen are also disturbing. His friend, Shen Qing, the director, went out to Huguang to guard the road, and now he is led by officials from the Ministry of Officials and leaves Beijing for Rehe. When His Majesty is finished, he will go directly south to take up his post.

Today, everyone in the division said goodbye to Shen Qing, and when they mentioned this matter, they were all envious.

Although the Beijing officials are released, most of the time they have to be promoted to one level or two, but from the sixth-grade chief to the fourth-grade Taoist, this is a four-level promotion.

Only a professional official can have this opportunity.

Like Sun Jue, because he is an official from Enmeng, he is a miscellaneous brand, and according to the rules, he can only be an auxiliary official, and he cannot be a palm print main hall.

Of course, if the family is backed by a large mountain and the emperor is gracious, there is no need to be subject to this restriction, such as Cao Hao.

Huguang is the granary of the world, a rich land, Shen Qing is really a big fat shortage this time.

Sun Jue's heart was deeply touched, and he even complained about his father. He also secretly complained that if his father did not let himself be a scholar, but allowed himself to participate in the imperial examination and take the Jinshi examination, would his future be smoother.

However, thinking that in the same year of the township examination, after being admitted to the Jinshi, and still having worked in the county magistrate, the idea of the imperial examination in Sun Jue's heart was extinguished.

The Sun family is different from the Li family, Li Xu is worried about the hope that the Li family can pass on the weaving mansion to his children and grandchildren like the Cao family; Sun Wencheng hopes that his eldest son can return to the imperial court, and the descendants of the Sun family will study and cultivate the family and restore the glory of his early years.

Now, Sun Jue is in the capital, and his mind is full of thinking about how to climb up.

The war in the northwest is a great opportunity. If the war is won, and the meritorious deeds are rewarded, these officers in charge of their military department can also have a hope.

Thinking of this, Sun Jue's heart was a little impetuous.

Don't worry, it's good to grind for a few more years in the military department, after all, the oil and water in the military department are also rich.

It's the Cao family that has a headache. The wife has always been virtuous and docile, but now she runs back to her parents' house when she has something, and it was all picked up by the third sister-in-law.

Sun Jue already regretted that he shouldn't have let his wife interact with them more, otherwise he wouldn't have become so embarrassed.

As for himself, he didn't think anything was wrong. It is nothing for a man to add a concubine.

When he arrived at the door of the house, he saw several officials parked outside the door, and a woman among them, Sun Jue frowned a little.

He jumped off his horse and recognized the woman as the cook of the outer house, Sister-in-law Chen.

His heart "chuckled", and he felt that something was wrong. Isn't it the "East Window Incident", Prince Zhuang's Mansion wants to investigate him for the crime of destroying beauties?

At this time, a catcher stepped forward, glanced at Sun Jue's official uniform, and arched his hand: "Dare to ask this lord, but the master of this house, Lord Sun Jue of the Ministry of Soldiers?" ”

Sun Jue nodded and said, "It's Sun, dare to ask how many people are ......?"

The head catcher was in his thirties, five big and three thick, and said: "Today is not just (two o'clock in the afternoon), someone went to the Yamen of Shuntianfu to report the case, and the case of life in the alley outside the front door was a fugitive from Huanxi Lou in Da'an Hutong who hanged himself. According to the chef Chen's confession, the house where Xia Chan was located was rented by Lord Sun, and he also asked Lord Sun to accompany him to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion to investigate the matter. ”

Hearing "Escape", Sun Jue just wanted to shake his head, but when the other party misunderstood, how could Xia Chan be "Escape"?

Yangzhou Skinny Horse Walk is not an ordinary record house, and the women who came out of it were not registered.

There is a provision in the law of the Great Qing Dynasty that local officials are not allowed to take women of the tribe as concubines, and officials are not allowed to take women as concubines. Although there are countless wealthy officials and gentry who are recorded as concubines, decent people still have scruples, after all, taking prostitutes as concubines hinders family customs.

It was Sun Jue who used 9,000 taels of silver to exchange for Xia Chan's deed from Cheng Mengxian, and he was also a thin horse who sold his daughter as a maid as an "adoptive parent".

But when he heard the mention of the chef Chen, Xia Chan's name was also correct, Sun Jue was stunned: "What, Xia Chan is dead?" ”

The catcher nodded and said, "That's exactly the case, so Lord Yin ordered Lord Sun to go to Shuntian Mansion to investigate this matter." ”

Although Sun Jue's mind was dazed, he also knew that there was something wrong with it. He said: "Although this summer cicada is temporarily in my rented house, it is not an escape from Huanxi Building. Her deed will be kept in my house, and when I take it, I will return to Shuntianfu with you......"

This head catcher naturally has nothing to say, after all, Sun Jue is an official, even when he arrives at the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, before being convicted, Jing Zhaoyin must also deal with it politely, and he can't be tortured like he treats the people.

Sun Jue walked a few steps quickly and entered the gate, only to feel that his heart was "abrupt" and jumped.

Although why did he come out of a happy building without laughing, Xia Cicada's good self-hanging was weird.

For a moment, Sun Jue couldn't tell whether he was panicked or angry.

Could it be that someone from Cao Mansion went to the house over there to scare Xia Chan?

Looking at the Cao family's brothers' attitude towards him, they didn't take him seriously at all. If so, it is too much deception.

Sun Jue ran to the inner house angrily, and saw the eldest concubine Xie Shi with the other two concubines with a sad face, greeting each other in the courtyard, thinking that he had heard the news from the front yard. Sun Jue was in a hurry, so he didn't care about them, so he directly picked up the bamboo curtain and entered the upper room.

When he rummaged through the cabinets and couldn't find them, he remembered that the deed was not placed here, but locked in a box in the outer house.

He patted his head, stood up, and let out a long breath.

Aunt Xie cautiously followed in, and said with red eyes: "Master, are you going to Shuntian Mansion with the servants?" Let's ask grandma to come back, there must always be a caretaker at home. ”

Sun Jue paused, waved his hand impatiently, and said, "What are you doing with her?" The master just went to the yamen to reply a few words, and it was not that he didn't come back. With that, he strode out.

Aunt Xie is a few years older than him, has been waiting for him for more than 20 years, knows his temper, no matter what she thinks in her heart, she refuses to give in to her mouth.

After Sun Jue left, she called her second aunt Liang and said, "Sister, this good master is greedy for a lawsuit again, and I don't know when I can." There must always be someone in the family to preside over the feed, the grandfather is worried about grandma, but he can't wipe off the feelings, let's go to visit grandma and persuade grandma to come back. ”

Liang snorted coldly in his heart, knowing that the Xie family was wholeheartedly planning for Sun Jue, he didn't think so, but he didn't show it on his face, but just said: "It just so happens that the second young master has been chattering, and if you want to see the eldest young master and the girl, let's take the second young master to say hello to grandma." ”

When Xie heard this, the second young master came forward, but it was more justifiable than the two of them, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay, good, I see that it's getting dark, so I'll go to ......."

Liang answered, personally went to pick up Sun Chu over, took a carriage with Qian, and went to Cao's house to ...... * Pingjun Wangfu here, Cao Hao talked to his sister for a while, was pulled to the school by a few little nephews, shot a few arrows, and was left to eat by his sister.

I didn't see Tianhui for half a month, and Cao Jiashi was already a little impatient, and asked Cao Hao when he would take everyone back to Beijing.

After all, Zhuangzi is in the mountains, and the temperature is lower than in the city, and in August, the autumn breeze rises.

After living outside the city for a few months, although the free and easy life is comfortable, there are many inconveniences in life.

Now that there is Cao Ying's matter, no matter what, I must inform the Li family and the Zhaojia family, and it seems that before the end of the month, I should also return to the city to live.

When Cao Jiashi heard this, he was overjoyed and discussed with Cao Hao that the Mid-Autumn Festival family would return to Ning with a few little brothers. In addition to accompanying his mother, he also thought about picking up his little niece.

Nersu went on the expedition for more than half a year, and Cao Hao was also afraid that his sister would be lonely and depressed, and when he saw that she was interested, he did not object.

When Cao Hao returned to the mansion after this delay, it was already the second quarter of the first month (half past seven in the evening), and the sky was dark.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Zheng Hu came over and told Sun Jue about going to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion.

Cao Hao heard that Sun Jue's outer room was "hanging", and he couldn't help frowning. I'm afraid it's not "self-hanging", but "being hanged".

Although he waited for Cheng Mengxian's action, he didn't expect that the first unlucky person would be a woman.

This is the attitude of the Cheng family? "Escape"?

A basin of sewage was poured on Sun Jue, but there was nothing to do with the Li family.

"Let someone go to the East Mansion to ask, Xiao Wu is not there, if Xiao Wu is here, ask him to come over, I will wait for him in the study." Cao Hao said to Zheng Hu: "Things are a bit chaotic, Li Zhai's side, make people pay more attention." ”

Zheng Hu responded and ordered people to go to Dongfu.

Cao Hao didn't go to the inner house, went directly to the study, asked the little maid to serve a pot of strong tea, and waited for Cao Fu to come over.

Since someone from the Sun family came to ask Cao Ying for peace, I don't know what Cao Ying thinks.

Cao Hao held the teacup, wondering if his heart was too hard.

When he heard the news of Sun Jue's death in the outer room, what he thought was that he was afraid that the Li family would be cheapened this time, and there was no proof of this death, even if the Li family's affairs were corrected in the future, the Li family would be able to deny it. He had no mercy for the young woman who died violently.

Maybe it's because he knows. From becoming a chess piece and mixing into the "beauty game" set up by Cheng and Li's families, this woman was already doomed to death.

Although Li Cheng came ruthlessly, he was also a little childish, and refused to suffer losses, and did not let Sun Jue take Xia Chan back to Sun's house, but he was just holding the plan of "borrowing", and waited until Xia Chan was pregnant before ending the game.

When the time comes, no matter whether they give birth to boys or girls, they will all be the flesh and blood of the Sun family.

The story of the Li family's begging to return the twins can be re-enacted, and the passive one is the Sun family.

This little calculation is not difficult to guess.

After Xia Chan gave birth to a child, the surname life will come to an end.

When it came to Shuntian Mansion, he also pulled out a happy building, and Cao Hao picked the corners of his mouth. It seems that this time, Sun Jue wants to be "famous".

He is not a smart person, he is in a hurry, maybe he will bite Cheng Mengxian out, but he doesn't know how Cheng Mengxian will let himself get out.

If you want to put one ring after another, it depends on the strength of the Cheng family in the capital.

The reason why Cao Hao did not directly come forward to teach Sun Jue a lesson was also to wait for Cheng Mengxian's movements. Now that this is happening, he feels a little tasteless.

But if Sun Jue treats Cao Ying better, even if his character is unbearable, Cao Hao will take care of it. Now this kind of calculation is not what Cao Hao wants.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard footsteps outside.

"Big brother, you call me?" Cao Fu picked up the curtain and came in.

Cao Hao stood up, beckoned him to sit down, and asked, "Is the Sun family here?" What does the eldest sister say? ”

Cao Fu pursed his lips and said, "It's just that the two concubines brought Sun Chu over, saying that they were asking for peace for the eldest sister, but in fact, they said that Sun Jue was involved in the lawsuit, and they changed their way to persuade the eldest sister to go back." Speaking of this, he said with a smile: "The eldest sister is angry, it is not in vain that we have grinded so many lips and tongues, and I thank them for their kindness, and I will wait for my nephew to recover from his injuries first." ”

Cao Hao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Even if he dislikes Sun Jue, he can't ignore Cao Ying's thoughts. Sun Jue is the father of Sun Li and Sun Xian, and the family relationship is unbreakable, and Cao Hao can't deal with him like Li Ding.

If Cao Ying can't support the wall in the mud, and has to go back to Sun's house, then Cao Ying can only be speechless.

Cao Fu looked at Cao Hao's expression and knew that he was worried about Cao Ying, so he said: "The eldest sister's original surname is really too soft, but if there is a little bit of the second sister and the third sister's coolness, Sun Jue will not be like this." But looking at the present, it seems that we have made up our minds, waiting for us to decide. It's funny to say, Sun Jue's eldest concubine wants to persuade the eldest sister to go back. The Liang family, who was married, brought Sun Chu over, but refused to leave, saying that she was the eldest sister's girl, so she naturally wanted to stay with the eldest sister and wait. Even Sun Chu has to stay with his mother-in-law to serve the sick. Listening to the second sister-in-law, that Xie's face turned green, and he cried and went back by himself......"

* Dongzhi Gate, Li House.

Li Cheng stood in the courtyard and looked in the direction of the living room. The inside is brightly lit and there are guests visiting. It's none other than Sun Jue, who came back from the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion.

Sun Jue went from the main house to the outer house with the servants, and when he wanted to find Xia Chan's identity deed, he failed.

These few days are messy, and Sun Jue doesn't know when the box containing Xia Cicada's body deed disappeared.

The messenger couldn't wait patiently, and urged repeatedly, Sun Jue could only follow him to the Shuntian Mansion.

On the side of the main hall of the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, he has already taken the form of the old bustard of Huanxilou.

In order to make it clear that Xia Cicada did celebrate the escape of Lou, Lao Bustard not only presented Xia Chan's identity deed, but also Huanxi Lou's maid, girl, and girl as witnesses.

The preparations are all in place, if it weren't for Sun Jue's conviction that it was the first time he heard the word "Huanxi Building", he would have to wonder if he had really abducted the Qingqi people there.

However, no matter how well prepared you are, it is useless.

Sun Jue is not only an official, but also in the banner, this case cannot be tried by Shuntianfu, so he can only transfer to the Yamen of the Nine Gates. As for whether it is the trial of the Admiral Yamen of the Nine Gates or the trial of Dali Temple, it depends on the interrogation of the Admiral Yamen of the Nine Gates.

Because it was getting late today, Sun Jue came back from the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion and waited for the interrogation of the Admiral of the Nine Gates.

There is no need to entangle with the old bustard, Sun Jue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he was also worried about how to deal with the interrogation of the Nine Gates Admiral Yamen.

Now that he can't find Xia Chan's body deed, everything he says is empty and white-toothed, even if he bites out Cheng Mengxian, as long as he pushes it with both hands, he has no problem.

Thinking of this, Sun Jue thought about going to the banquet from beginning to end, and finally realized that he had been deceived.

That Cheng Mengxian is not a good thing at all, he kidnapped the maid of the Qinglou to act as a maid sent to the palace, and defrauded himself of 9,000 taels of silver.

Now the old bustard has another complaint, accusing himself of abducting Xia Chan, and begging for 3,000 taels of silver to open the buds and redeem himself.

He was furious, and first took people to Shichahai Cheng Mansion, but the people went to the house empty, and only a concierge with his ears was left behind. After asking for a long time, I couldn't say a serious word.

Sun Jue knew that now he couldn't wash himself by jumping into the Yellow River, so he could only raise money first to see if he could have a personal relationship with the old bustard of Huanxilou. The matter of saving this matter is getting bigger and bigger, and I refuse to clean it up.

No matter how thick-skinned Sun Jue was, he didn't dare to go to Cao's house to borrow silver, so he could only go to Li's house to find his brother-in-law Li Nai.

Li Cheng stared at the window of the living room for a long time, lowered his voice, and asked Qian Zhongrui, the chief manager behind him, "Chief manager, why did he think of coming over to beg his father?" ”

Qian Zhongrui bowed and replied: "Back to the third young master, the Cao family is angry with the uncle because of the matter of the uncle and grandmother, and the several clansmen in the capital are all far away, and they should not be used, so they naturally want to come to ask the uncle to help raise money." ”

When Li Cheng heard this, he suddenly felt ridiculous, and said in a low voice: "Will my father allow it?" When his father told him about twins, he didn't think about kinship at all. ”

"No matter what, the uncle always has to take care of the grandmother's ......" Qian Zhongrui thought for a while and replied.

Li Cheng snorted unwillingly and said, "Is it really the Cheng family's doing?" Cheng Qi is two-sided and three-stabbed, what does it mean? ”

Qian Zhongrui hesitated for a moment and replied: "Third Young Master, Xia Chan is not a thin horse, sooner or later his identity cannot be hidden, and it will eventually be a trouble." Cheng Qiye should not have thought about keeping her from the beginning...... Now that I am doing it, I guess I also heard about the movements of the Sun family, and I am afraid that the Cao family will investigate it, so we will take a step forward......"

* Inside Andingmen, Prince Yong's Mansion, study.

The fourth elder brother looked at the fold in his hand, and a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth, this Sun and Li's two great weaving disciples, could it be that the capital is regarded as Jiangnan, and it is so lively...... It's just that I didn't expect that the eldest son of the Li family was obedient, and he knew that he wanted to pay homage to this side of the house. It's just that a few months after entering Beijing, after ranking behind other palaces, do you feel that it is inappropriate to press a few treasures, and you want to lean on this side?

The insatiable subordinates should be punished!

(To be continued)