Judging from the appearance and size of the child, he should not be very old, definitely no more than eight years old, and he looks a little thin, not like a child from a rich family, a bit like a person who can't eat enough and can't wear warm clothes. But his clothes are gorgeous. Shen Cha sighed, this was about another tragedy caused by the stepmother's mistreatment of the original child. It's just that she took a closer look at the child's expression, and the look on his face that was indifferent and didn't care about anyone or anything was very inconsistent with his young age.

"Because she forced your mother to death, are you going to put her to death too?" Shen Cha felt that this case was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, "You hate your stepmother, but these people ......" she pointed to the deceased, "They are implicated, aren't they also very pitiful?" Didn't you think about it before you did it?"

"My lord, they are not pitiful at all, they deserve it." The child pointed back at the wooden man, "Even this person deserves to die." He raised his head and looked at Shen Cha, Xue Ruitian and Jin Miaomiao who were squatting in front of him, and then looked at Shen Haolin with a majestic face, "Ladies and gentlemen, if there is anything you want to ask, just ask, I will not hide anything, and besides, I will be responsible for what I have done to the end!" ”

"Well, if you want, you can go to the yamen with us to make it clear." Shen Cha inadvertently saw a faint trace under the child's collar that seemed to have been hit by something, she reached out and pulled the child over, opened the collar, and saw the purple-red marks on the child's neck, and the fire in her heart rose suddenly. After arranging the child's clothes and taking another cloak from the shadow, Shen Cha wrapped the child's whole body, patted his head, looked at the soldiers of the Shen family's army, and ordered, "Take this woman and this man away together, and let the family of the food stall owner come to the yamen." ”

The yamen mentioned by Shen Cha was originally built for the transfer of Jiaping Guancheng, but since the old grandfather came to Jiaping Guancheng to take charge of important military and political affairs, the transfer made this official position completely become a decoration, and later, the first emperor simply withdrew this establishment and handed over the Jiaping Guancheng to the old grandfather and the old marquis to manage.

Although the establishment of the transfer envoy is gone, but the yamen is still there, Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Xue Ruitian will go to the yamen every month to deal with government affairs for a few days, if the people have any grievances or disputes, they can choose to come to the yamen for help in these days, or they can find the Shen family military camp, the military camp has a special place to deal with disputes in the city, and ordinary disputes can be solved.

"Bring all the prisoners in!" Entering the lobby, Shen Haolin sat in the middle position, Xue Ruitian and Shen Cha sat on both sides of the hall, and Song Qiyun pulled Jin Miaomiao and later Jin Jing to sit down in an inconspicuous position. Hou Ye knocked on the armrest of the chair, and rushed over to see the excitement by the way...... No, it's Momiji's hand stove that helps, "You ......" he pointed at the man with his fan, and then at the woman who had sprinkled all the way, "And you, kneel!" ”

Don't look at the woman howling at the temple fair and on the way from the temple fair to the yamen, but when she really entered the yamen and came to the lobby, I don't know if she felt the pressure of compulsion and inviolable authority, so she immediately shut her mouth. Hearing Xue Ruitian ask them to kneel, without saying a word, he grabbed the man's arm and knelt on the ground.

"Are the families of the deceased here?" Xue Ruitian craned his neck and looked at the door, "Haven't you come yet?" Or no dependents? ”

"Grandpa Guo, Master Hou, General!" The soldiers of the Shen family who were sent to call people ran back and said, "The owner of the food stall is alone in his family, and he has no family. The other deceased were friends of the stall owner and neighbours of the stall owner, and like the stall owner, they were all single. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am a relative of the stall owner." After entering the lobby, the child knelt on the ground without being said, his waist was very straight, and there was still no expression on his face. "He's my own uncle, and a few other people are his original little guys."

"Bring him a mat and don't break your knees!" Shen Haolin asked Ying Eighteen to take a cushion for the child to put under his knees, and when he saw that the child thanked Ying Eighteen very politely, he had the same idea as Shen Cha, this should be a premeditated revenge, and the object was the child's biological father, stepmother, and this so-called uncle. "Okay, you can start telling your story, first of all, you have to tell me, what is your name."

"My surname is Zhen, my name is Zhen Dabao, this is my father, my name is Meng Wu, this is my stepmother, I don't know what her name is, I only know that she turned out to be a dancer, a woman that my father has been raising outside." The child pointed to the food stall owner, "His name is Zhen Xing, my mother's younger brother, my uncle." ”

"Meng Wu......" Xue Ruitian touched his chin and thought for a while, "Zhen's Winery is your family, right?" ”

"Yes!" Zhen Dabao nodded, "My lord, can I ask my nurse and the old housekeeper to talk about their grievances with my mother?" I'm young, and some things don't know as well as the old people like them. ”

"Yes!" Shen Haolin nodded, "Where are they?" ”

"Locked up in a firewood room in the backyard of Zhen's Winery."

"Go and find it!"

Shen Cha gestured towards Shadow Eighteen, and Eighteen nodded and left with a group of people. At the entrance of the yamen, he met Shadow Seventeen, who wanted to return the dagger, and the two of them said hello and left.

After about a cup of tea, Ying Eighteen came back with two ragged and skinny old men, and the two old men knelt down in the hall, Meng Wu, who had never been expressionless, and the step-room, who had never been very peaceful, turned pale all of a sudden, looking at the appearance of the two old men, as if they had seen a ghost, and put on an expression of "why are you still alive".

In addition to bringing back the two old men, Ying Eighteen also kept an extra eye, and found several old people from the winery who were old and did not look very good, and it turned out that the Zhen family was a few old men, one of whom also served as Meng Wu's master.

"Now that everyone is here, let's talk about it." Shen Haolin looked at the old housekeeper and the child's nurse, as well as Meng Wu's master, and asked them to move chairs and send them a bowl of hot tea, "Let's start with the steproom forcing the original partner to death, the old butler, you talk first." ”

"Yes, Grandpa Guo!" The old housekeeper stood up tremblingly, saluted Shen Haolin, sat down again under Shen Haolin's signal, and said, "Our eldest lady was forced to death by this dancer, and I and the Liu family saw it with our own eyes." He pointed to the nurse sitting next to him, "Otherwise, he wouldn't have locked us up in the firewood room, he ......" the old butler stretched out his hand and pointed at Meng Wu, "He was originally a beggar who stayed in Jiaping Guancheng, and almost froze to death at the door of our winery, but our old owner is a kind person, so he took him in and let him be an apprentice in the winery." At the beginning, he was still very diligent, rushing to do any work, and he could eat any hardship, especially appreciated by the old club, so he asked Lao Jia to accept him as an apprentice and let him learn to make wine. This person is smart, he learns everything quickly, and in less than two years, he has learned the skills of Lao Jia, and he has become a little steward. One day, the eldest lady came to the winery to hang out, and the two of them went out and the other entered the door and happened to collide together, and the eldest lady fell in love with him at a glance, and she had to marry him. The old boss is unwilling, and the young master does not agree, but the things that the eldest lady decides, there is very little room for turnaround, if she wants to marry this person, she will definitely marry, and it is useless for anyone to persuade her. Therefore, the old club had no choice but to agree, but put forward a request, that is, Meng Wu must join the Zhen family. ”

"Are you objecting to it because of bad character, or is it because of the relationship between the family?" Xue Ruitian looked at the old butler curiously, "Or both?" ”

"Both!" The old housekeeper sighed, "After he became a little steward, he became a little impetuous, and began to linger in Flower Street and Willow Lane, this woman should have known at that time." Occasionally, he would be seen coming out of the door of the gambling house, and the former diligent young man was gone, and he had become a man who began to pay attention to food and clothing, and was unwilling to work. ”

"Is the old butler right?" Shen Haolin looked at Meng Wu, "Do you have any place to defend yourself?" ”

"Nope!" Meng Wu shook his head, "The only thing Caomin wants to say is that Wei Niang is not a dusty woman, she is just a simple dancer, the kind who sells her art but not her body." Moreover, it was not that she intervened in me and Zhen, but that Zhen destroyed our relationship, if it weren't for Zhen, Wei Niang and I would have left Jiaping Guancheng and returned to our hometown. ”

"You've known each other for a long time?"

"Yes!" Wei Niang straightened her waist and kowtowed respectfully, "Brother Wu and I grew up together, and we agreed that when we grow up, he will marry me." But when I was eleven years old, my family suffered a disaster, and I couldn't go on, so my wife sold me to Ya Pozi, and Ya Po sold me here and became a dancer. I was originally in Drunken Dream Garden, but after reuniting with Brother Wu, he ransomed me back from there and placed me in a rented courtyard. At that time, the border pass was in chaos, and we couldn't go back to our hometown, so we discussed, and after a while, when the battle at the border pass was over, we would go back to get married. But who would have thought that the daughter of the owner fell in love with Brother Wu and asked him to join him. He was against it at first, the young lady stalked him, and even used his death to blackmail Brother Wu more than once, even so, Brother Wu didn't agree. At last...... Finally......" Wei Niang glared at the nurse with angry eyes, "This old witch gave the eldest lady an idea, what is the idea, I don't think I will say, you can guess." She wiped her eyes and said in a choked voice, "The eldest lady threatened Brother Wu with this, saying that if Brother Wu did not agree to this marriage, she would sue the Yamen, lock him in prison, and think of it for the rest of her life." ”

"Liu!" Shen Cha looked at the old lady expressionlessly, "Is this person telling the truth?" ”

"Yes, it's all the old slave's fault, the old slave wants to relieve the eldest lady's worries, so he made this decision!" Liu Shi fell to his knees with a thud and kowtowed, "This is none of the eldest lady's business, nor is it the little master's business, all the blame is borne by the old slave!" ”

"Grandpa Guo, Hou Ye, general, not only that, but what Dabao said about the people's woman forcing his mother to death is also another hidden story!"