Lu Jinping asked: "He said he would go home before midnight, and he did it?" ”

Zhou Yuanwai's daughter said: "Yes! Since I was pregnant, he came back before midnight, and he didn't get drunk, he walked back by himself, unlike before when he often had to be supported by others. I know that he has suffered a lot of grievances in my Zhou family, and he is in a businessman's family, which is even inferior. People outside laughed at him, he was very faceless. But there was no way, so I borrowed wine to drown my sorrows, and I didn't want to drink it at home. Outside, he told me that drinking outside would make him happy for a while. I wanted to forgive and accommodate him, and I believed him, so I told my father to leave him alone and let him drink outside. As long as you are happy, let him get into trouble, it is indeed uncomfortable, if you can solve it in this way, it may not be a good thing, after a few days to get used to it, especially after having a child, I think he will take his heart home. ”

Lu Jinping pondered for a moment, and then asked: "I investigated and learned that he was drinking at Widow Chang's that day, saying that he was depressed, but he was just drinking in a sullen voice. ――I would like to ask my aunt and grandmother, did you have an argument that day? Or is there something that makes him unhappy? ”

Zhou Yuanwai's daughter was stunned for a moment and said, "No? We're fine, he's not upset. ”

As soon as she said this, Miss Zhou's maid next to her interjected: "Grandma, my uncle seems to have something on his mind." He was smiling in front of you, but when I went out, I saw his sad face, as if he was full of worries, and he seemed to be very sad, and I didn't dare to ask him. ”

Zhou Yuanwai's daughter sighed: "Then why don't you tell me?" ”

"I, I don't know what I want to tell you, my aunt is often happy for a while and sad for a while, and my aunt and grandmother don't know. I just heard the gentleman ask, so I remembered it temporarily. ”

Zhou Yuanwai said: "Of course he should be full of worries, his mother is about to give birth, and Wen Po said that the fetus is a little bigger, and it may be difficult to give birth, he must be nervous in his heart, just like I was back then, Wen Po also said that when your mother gave birth to you, there may be trouble, and I can't eat well for several days and can't sleep." It wasn't until you were born safely that the stone in my heart fell to the ground, and Pang Yan should have been worried like this, so he had a sad face. ”

Lu Jinping nodded and said: "This is also true, any person, his daughter-in-law will give birth to a child immediately, sometimes more nervous than a woman, and it is very common for him to be upset." ”

His eyes swept around the room, and found a guqin by the window, antique, and an incense burner next to it, and an incense stick that burned so that only the roots were inserted in it, lonely. At the moment, he said: "Grandma is good at playing the piano?" It's an elegant hobby, and I don't know how to do it, I'm envious. ”

Zhou Yuanwai's daughter was a little embarrassed and said: "The lord praised it falsely, I won't either, it's the deceased husband he likes, and he caresses the piano very well." He used to play the piano when he was happy. It's a pity that Qin died ......"

Hearing his daughter talk about these sad things again, the words were choked, Zhou Yuanwai hurriedly diverted the conversation and said to Lu Jinping: "By the way, sir, today was originally scheduled to be the day of the son-in-law's burial, but now that there is a death case, do you want to postpone the burial?" ”

"It's not necessary, I've checked everything I should have checked, let's let the deceased be buried in peace, it's not suitable for your daughter's recovery to stop like this, let these hundreds of people stay in your house and make a mess, she can't rest well, I can't investigate the case well, or bury it according to the original arrangement, so that all relatives can go home separately."

Zhou Yuanwai agreed repeatedly, and immediately told the housekeeper that he was going to be buried according to the original arrangement.

The next half day is the matter of cooking and burial.

After the burial, the Zhou family feasted on the guests and friends from all sides, and also invited the opera troupe from the same state to sing.

The deceased was buried safely, celebrating the safe birth of the little grandson, and the white thing became a red thing, and everyone was elated, shouting five and drinking six.

Lu Jinping, as a lord, is a doctor of the same state government, and everyone in the Zhou family already knows that this doctor of medicine who is like a god of medicine used a method of midwifery that he has never seen before, so that the child was born safely, and he is the great benefactor of the Zhou family, so he is not only a distinguished guest, but he has become the object of admiration. The relatives and friends of the Zhou family were grateful and admired, and they came over to toast at the banquet. Lu Jinping didn't refuse to come, he originally thought about the amount of alcohol, but he couldn't stand so many people attacking in turn, and he drank until the night, and his eyes were already drunk and hazy.

At this time, the banquet was almost gradually dispersed, and at this time it was already the second watch, Ye Qingqing helped Lu Jinping to go back to the room to sleep, and at this moment, the catcher sent out by Xiong Zhutou came back on a fast horse, bringing an exciting news that the thief who stole Yu Pei, the son-in-law of Zhou Yuanwai, was caught.

As soon as he heard the news, Lu Jinping seemed to wake up a lot, immediately put down his glass, said sorry, and left quickly and came to the front hall.

Xiong Zhutou hurriedly made a report to Lu Jinping: "The thief caught is a person from Zhoujiazhuang, nicknamed Sanzi, and he usually likes to drink in Widow Xie's wine shop. The brothers went to all the gold and silver jewelry stores in the same city, and found this jade pendant in one of the jewelry stores, and put it on the shelf. The shopkeeper's acquaintance sold him the boy Yu Peidi, because the third son came to him from time to time to sell the things he took, he knew that the source was unknown, and he also turned a blind eye, and at first he refused to say, and he couldn't stand the brothers and locked him up, gave him a few slaps, and then honestly confessed. Tell me about the situation of the third son, who has been living in the city for the past few days, and is squandering the money from selling jade pendants. We rushed to the ground and caught the kid in a kiln. Before the execution, the kid confessed that he had stolen it. Sir, you're really clever at this trick! ”

Lu Jinping said that the brothers had worked hard and ordered the third son to be brought up.

Soon, the third son was escorted up and knelt on the ground. With panic on his face, Lu Jinping asked in detail what had happened, and then showed a satisfied smile. ordered the third son to be taken into custody, and then walked out of the flower hall.

Xiong Zhutou had been listening to the side, but he only heard and found out how the three sons stole the jade pendant, but he didn't seem to know about the killing. couldn't help but be a little frustrated, followed Lu Jinping out of the gate, and whispered: "Sir, I only caught stealing things, who killed Zhou Yuanwai's son-in-law Pang Yan is still unknown, what should I do?" ”

Lu Jinping looked at him with drunken eyes, smiled mysteriously, and said, "Don't worry, I drank a little too much just now, I have to be sober first, and then tell you what to do next." Ignoring the bear's head, he staggered back to the bedroom with the maid Ye Qingqing.

Lu Jinping asked Ye Qingqing to bring a basin of cold water to wash his face, and after washing his face with cold water, he felt more sober, and the maid sent a decanting soup, saying that it was specially sent by the grandmother of the Zhou family, Lu Jinping drank a bowl of decanting soup in one go, and felt that his head was a little more sober.

Lu Jinping stretched his waist for a long time and said to Ye Qingqing: "Let's go, let's go to the widow's wine shop to drink." ”

When Ye Qingqing heard this, she pouted unhappily: "Sir, you haven't drunk enough?" I've been drinking for a long time. Besides, if you want to drink, let the people of the Zhou family send it, there is wine here, why do you want to drink it from that stinky woman? ”

"I'll know when I go, but I can't take you."

"Huh?" Ye Qingqing's little mouth pouted even higher.

Lu Jinping smiled, twisted her little face affectionately, and said, "I have a more important task for you." Don't mess it up! ”

"Really?" Ye Qingqing heard that the lord had a heavy responsibility entrusted to him, and he valued himself so much, so he immediately became happy.

Lu Jinping leaned over and whispered a few words in her ear. Ye Qingqing nodded excitedly: "Don't worry, sir, I don't think anything will go wrong!" ”

Lu Jinping smiled and walked out of the inner house, and when he came to the front hall, Xiong Zhutou hurriedly came up and said, "Sir, how is it?" ”

Lu Jinping said: "Let's go, go to the widow's wine shop to drink." ”

Xiong Zhutou opened his mouth wide in surprise, not knowing which one Lu Jinping was singing. Seeing Lu Jinping walking out, he quickly closed his mouth that opened wide in surprise and chased after him. The two attendants also followed out the door.