Fright, acquaintance, these two words seem to match what the previous pretend.

Chang Tai lowered his head and said to Xiao Shengzi: "Go, find two villagers, and let them lead the way to bring the one named Zhang Hu over." ”

Xiao Shengzi looked for two more enthusiastic villagers, but there was no need to look for them, because they were close, someone heard Chang Tai's words and volunteered to lead the way for Xiao Shengzi. But after a while, this Xiao Shengzi returned with the two enthusiastic villagers, saying that he had searched all over Zhang Hu's house, but he had not found Zhang Hu's people. Not only did they not have it at home, but on the way back, they also asked the villagers who had not come to the ancestral hall to see the excitement, and none of those villagers had seen Zhang Hu.

Could it be that this Zhang Hu is really the murderer of Shen Mingyue?

Just when Chang Tai was about to let Xiao Shengzi go back to the yamen to issue a document on Zhang Hu's arrest, a person timidly raised his hand and said: "Zhang Hu loves to gamble, if he can't find it at home, it may be in the gambling house." ”

According to the clues provided by the informant, Xiao Shengzi took two enthusiastic villagers from Nanwang Village to find Zhang Hu in an underground gambling house in Dongwang Village. But no matter how Chang Tai asked, Zhang Hu insisted that he had never seen Shen Mingyue, let alone been to the Zhang family ancestral hall.

After the interrogation of the owner of the gambling house, it was also confirmed that Zhang Hu said that he had no time to commit the crime. At the time of Shen Mingyue's death, he was in the gambling house in full swing fighting dice with others.

Zhang Hu admitted that he liked Shen Mingyue, and also shouted that if it wasn't for Zhang Chengjia's halfway cut off Hu, this Shen Mingyue should be his Zhang Hu's wife. Back then, it was Shen Mingyue who Zhang Hu and Zhang Cheng met together. At that time, Shen Mingyue was the same as now, a girl who was a little introverted and would blush when she saw a strange man. In the early years, Zhang Cheng was not as eloquent as he was later, and when he saw Shen Mingyue, his blushing face was even more powerful than Shen Mingyue. A mouth stammered, and even a word of hello was not good.

Although Zhang Hu is the same as Zhang Cheng, he has never read any books since he was a child, but Zhang Hu is bold and loves to run outside since he was a child. has a lot of knowledge, a wide range of people, three points of appearance and seven points of eloquent mouth, at that time, it was really more like than Zhang Chengde Mingyue.

At that time, Zhang Hu and Zhang Cheng were like brothers. Both of them like Shen Mingyue, but neither of them said anything, so they secretly competed in their hearts to see who could marry Shen Mingyue home. This Zhang Hu took the lead and took his parents to Shen's family to mention his relatives, and Shen Mingyue's father and mother were also relieved, but they didn't make up their minds. Later, this Zhang Cheng also took his parents with him. But he not only went to propose, but also said a lot of things about Zhang Hu's family, in short, he used all kinds of methods to ruin Zhang Hu's image in the hearts of Shen Mingyue and Shen Mingyue's father. The Shen family was angry and withdrew Zhang Hu's things and married their daughter to Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Hu held this breath in his heart, and completely broke with Zhang Cheng. Later, Zhang Cheng had an accident, and the Zhang family intended to let Shen Mingyue find another home, but Zhang Hu waited and did not marry.

"Is it that no one wants to marry you, or are you really determined not to marry for the sake of Shenmingyue?" Xing Ruyi squatted in front of Zhang Hu, looked into his eyes and asked.

Zhang Hu was stared at by a girl who looked better than Shen Mingyue, and no matter how thick-skinned Rao was, he couldn't help but blush at this moment.

"At first, I was because I couldn't let go of Mingyue in my heart, and I felt that the girl I saw was not as good as her, so I didn't want to marry. Later, it was because I contracted a gambling problem, and the family was almost in trouble, and a girl from a good family was unwilling to marry me. This is a bad girl, I don't like it even more. Later, it became waiting for the bright moon again. What's wrong with this Zhangcheng, can I still be unclear? Mingyue is still young, she can stay for a while, but she can't hold it for a lifetime. I thought that as long as I was willing to work hard, I would definitely be able to move her to marry another husband. ”

"If you have ambition, have you succeeded?" Xing Ruyi asked curiously.

Zhang Hu touched his head embarrassedly and replied, "No." I finally found an opportunity to tell her what I was thinking, but she looked at me with a monster-like look, and said that I was not allowed to break up the relationship between their husband and wife, and I was not allowed to shout in the village, and I was not allowed to ruin her reputation. She took off the hairpin on her head and aimed it at her throat, what else could I do? I really like her, not just her face, I like something else. I can't say what it is, but I think what I like about her is definitely different from what others like. Since she insists on refusing to marry another husband, I am not in a hurry, anyway, there is no other girl to marry me now, I will wait, wait until she regrets it one day, or Zhang Cheng, that bastard is gone, can't I marry her? ”

"You're amazing!" Xing Ruyi stretched out her finger at Zhang Hu, she really didn't know whether to praise him for being in love or saying that he was sick in the brain.

I thought that the suspect was about to surface, but I checked and asked, but I still found nothing. Just as Chang Tai waved his hand and was about to let Zhang Hu leave, Zhang Hu suddenly turned around and said: "I heard something when I was in the gambling house, because it is related to Mingyue's reputation, I didn't plan to say it." But now that Mingyue is dead, and she is still dead, I don't think I can hide this matter. ”

"What's the matter?" Xing Ruyi opened his mouth and helped Chang Tai ask.

This is all about the reputation of women, and it is not easy for men to ask about it. When Zhang Hu said it, he was a little stumbling and twisting, and people like Chang Tai were even more embarrassed to ask. Xiao Shengzi has no liver and no lungs, but the more he has no liver and no lungs, the more he can't ask the point. Xing Ruyi was warm-hearted, she didn't need Chang Tai to speak, she automatically helped, and gave Chang Tai a "You have to thank me" look. Chang Tai looked at her and felt more and more that this girl was a little too familiar.

"Speaking of which, it was a few days ago. One afternoon, I was playing Pai Gow with someone in the gambling house, and suddenly I heard someone say the name of the month. I'm not very concerned about anything, except for Mingyue. Because he mentioned Mingyue and Zhang Cheng, I pricked my ears and listened carefully. ”

"The people in the gambling house are talking about Shen Mingyue and Zhang Cheng?"

"It's either a discussion, or a mention of the two of them. The one who spoke, I also knew, was from Dongwang Village. His father is a local doctor, a doctor who uses local methods to treat people in our village. This is okay, anyway, the people in the nearby village go to him when they are sick. I heard him whisper to others, saying that Zhang Cheng's mother found his father and asked if there was a recipe for giving birth. The people of Nanwang Village know about this Zhang Cheng, and the people of Dongwang Village also know about it. His injury is in a critical place, not to mention the local doctor in the village, or the miracle doctor in Luoyang City, Hua Tuo is useless in the world.

The people who listened to him asked him what had happened. He said that he was standing under the wall at the time, listening to his father persuade Zhang Cheng's mother, saying that he might as well go outside and hug one, or let her daughter-in-law have a life with her own family. This is better than the one who brought it back from outside, so it can be regarded as knowing the roots. ”

"What a messy idea is this, isn't this going to hurt people Shen Mingyue?" Xing Ruyi stood up angrily: "Although there are three unfilial pieties, no queen is great." But right now, it's not that Shen Mingyue can't give birth, but that her husband Zhang Cheng has a physical problem and can't give birth. In this case, it is a better choice to go out and raise one, or to adopt one from your own relatives. There are better choices, and there are relatively poor choices. The worst of this is to let your daughter-in-law borrow the womb to give birth to a child. Don't say that it was in this feudal Tang Dynasty, even in her time, with more advanced technology, this method will also be criticized. If outsiders don't know, it's okay, once they do, nine times out of ten, they will splash all kinds of dirty water on the daughter-in-law who was the victim and was forced to accept all this arrangement. is not chaste, raising children with outsiders, once these crimes are pressed, I am afraid that the fate of Shen Mingyue is only to dip in the pig cage. ”

"Did Shen Mingyue's mother-in-law agree?"

The man didn't say anything, but I looked at his expression and felt that Mingyue's mother-in-law should have agreed. This Zhang Cheng's father and mother are well-known face-saving in our Nanwang Village. When her son Zhang Cheng was honest, they went around saying that their son was well-behaved and obedient, and that other people's families were not good. For example, Zhang Donglin, who has read the book, is a nerd, and I Zhang Hu is a bastard. Later, they also sent Zhang Cheng to a private school to recognize a few words, and this Zhang Cheng's temperament also changed, and he really became a person who talked about people, and when he talked about ghosts, they showed off everywhere that their son was amazing. When Zhang Donglin had an accident, the happiest thing was their family, which was all kinds of ridicule. Later, when Zhang Cheng had an accident himself, it was their family that stopped the most. The people in our village say that they are not kind, and God can't see them. ”

Zhang Hu said and snorted softly.

"Zhang Donglin is stupid, but there are times when he is not stupid, when he is not stupid, he is still a scholar who goes to a private school. Besides, even if people are stupid, they can leave a queen for the Zhang family. This Zhang Cheng was bitten by a dog, and not only ruined his face, but also ruined his body. His parents will be strong all their lives, and they will have to save face all their lives, and when they encounter this kind of thing, they are naturally sad, and they don't know how many times they have cried or complained in private. It's rare to come across something that can make your family get back into a game, but you can't think about it privately. As for Mingyue, I guess they didn't think about it at all when they were in-laws, if they really did such a thing, what would Mingyue do. ”

"Have you told anyone about this?" Xing Ruyi asked.