Qiao Niang is fourteen, although she is young, but Cheng is also secretly paying attention to other people's good sons. She has seen the second son of Marquis Jingyuan, he is a talent, but he is a little shy, if he is matched with Qiao Niang's temperament, it complements each other.

The two mothers had the intention of matchmaking and chatted around the two children.

The second old lady saw that the two of them were talking happily and ignored her, her face was cold, and when she saw Pei Lan and Pei Xiu again, she asked their mother to bring their sisters over.

"Mrs. in-laws, this is the two daughters of my niece's family, Pei Lan Pei Xiu, Lan Er Xiu'er will give Mrs. Jingyuan a gift. The second old lady interrupted them.

Pei Lan Pei Xiu stepped forward to salute, Mrs. Jingyuan Hou turned around, looked at it a few times, and smiled perfunctorily, "The girls in the second old lady's family are all Zhong Lingyuxiu, all of them are top beauties. His eyes swept roughly, "Looking at this girl who has grown up, one is beautiful and the other is beautiful, I really feel old." ”

Pei Lan smiled gently, not shocked by honor and disgrace, and stood quietly aside, Pei Xiu's eyes moved, and she said smartly: "I heard that Mrs. Jingyuan was a famous beauty when she was young, how can our two sisters compare with you." ”

Women, they say that they are old, but they are most afraid to listen to what others say and think about back then. Mrs. Jingyuan Hou looked at Pei Xiu coldly, this girl's family is good to be clever, but it is annoying if she is too clever.

The second old lady didn't notice this, and began to praise Pei Lan Pei Xiu, Pei Lan was honest and honest, unlike Pei Xiu who could coax people, and she didn't like the second old lady very much, so she just said a few words, the focus was to praise Pei Xiu, from her appearance and conduct to the female red poetry, she did her best to say good things.

Mrs. Jingyuan listened quietly, did not interrupt her, and cooperated with a proper smile, and still had to have self-cultivation.

Yao Niang accompanied Mrs. Jingyuan Marquis, listening to the second old lady's boundless praise, pulling the corners of her mouth, and when she talked about how superb Pei Xiu's piano skills were, Yao Niang interjected, "Yes, Pei Xiu's sister plays a good piano, I have also heard of it, but when I tried my piano skills in the water pavilion just now, I was slightly inferior to Jiao Niang's sister." ”

Pei Xiu's face instantly darkened, and she secretly hated Yao Niang's mouth.

Mrs. Jingyuan raised her eyebrows, "Jiao Niang?"

Yao Niang said: "It's the cousin I told you about from the capital, before the birthday banquet, these girls held a competition, Jiao Niang won the game with one against four, three wins and one draw." ”

Mrs. Jingyuan said happily: "Bring it to me to see." ”

Yao Niang agreed crisply, and hurriedly brought Jiao Niang over, Jing Yuan Hou couldn't help but look at Jiao Niang at first sight, "The old lady has such a granddaughter who is still hidden, is she reluctant to show us?" Glancing at the old lady, she pulled Jiao Niang, who had just been blessed, over, asked about her birthday and usual preferences, and invited her to be a guest at home.

Seeing her treating her so differently, Pei Xiu was angry and annoyed, snorted, turned her head and sat back. The second old lady's face was not much better, only Pei Lan, who was as plain as water, and smiled kindly at Jiao Niang.

Jiao Niang smiled back and turned her gaze back, "Sister Yao Niang told me how charitable her mother-in-law is, I didn't believe that there would be such a good mother-in-law, but now that I see it, I know that Sister Yao Niang is right." ”

"Oh, you know that I am kind when you see me?" asked Mrs. Jingyuan with a smile.

Jiao Niang replied: "If you are kind, you are beautiful, and you can know the face of Mrs. Jiao. ”

Mrs. Jingyuan smiled brightly, although this is also a compliment, but it sounds heartfelt, and she loves Jiao Niang even more, and she can't wait to take it home as a daughter to raise.

was talking about joy, suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then saw a big belly, pig-faced jackal-eyed man with a big knife and a golden horse broke in, followed by a group of soldiers wearing official uniforms, frightened the female relatives screamed again and again.

The man was holding a big knife and shouted, "Which one is Cheng Yu, come out to this official!"

The little maid at home said: "Master, these people insist on breaking in, and the little ones can't stop them." ”

When Second Master Hua saw the person coming clearly, he was shocked, hurriedly walked out, and bowed, "I don't know if Lord Zhou Mu is coming, and he will miss the welcome." He looked at He Zhiping's angry face, and with so many people, it seemed that the person who came was not good, and he was vigilant in his heart, "Today is my mother's birthday, and the state pastor came to the official's house with a knife, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." If you don't like it, please put down the knife and come in and drink a glass of water and wine. ”

He Zhiping snorted coldly, "This official doesn't want to disturb your happy event, you just hand over Cheng Yu and I'll take it away." Take a step forward and look around, "Which is Cheng Yu, come out!"

Cheng Yu stood up, and Hua Junze also got up, but he sat down with him.

"I don't know what happened, it annoyed Lord He, he is a child who is not sensible, no matter how he provoked you, you adults don't have a lot of knowledge like him. "Hua Junze is as warm as jade and has a graceful demeanor.

"Don't you have the same knowledge as him, to put it lightly, he killed the official's son!" He Zhiping was stunned, shocked.

Everyone was in an uproar, Jiao Niang mentioned it in her heart, got up and walked a few steps forward, and looked at Cheng Yu from afar. Cheng Yu also looked at her, looking at each other, Cheng Yu shook his head at her, signaling her to feel at ease.

Hua Erye was slightly late, "Lord Zhou Mu can't be mistaken, right?" Your son unfortunately died, Xia Guan deeply regretted, the pain of losing his son, Xia Guan also understands that now all the state capitals are making every effort to investigate, and they will definitely find the real culprit and give your son justice. But when the adult said that Cheng Yu was the murderer, Xia Guan really couldn't believe it. Cheng Yu and your son have no grievances in the long days, and there is no enmity in the near future, how could he kill your son?"

He Zhiping's eyes were erected, and he pointed at Hua Erye with a knife, "Hua Jinye, do you still want to protect him?" Did someone see him fighting with my son in Ci'en Temple before he died, and my family Min'er suffered misery that day, who else could the murderer be besides him?"

Hua Junze participated in the investigation, and he remembered that when he did the autopsy, he said that Hermione had died around noon the day before, which happened to be the day when the old lady went to the Temple of Mercy and Grace to pray for blessings, and Cheng Yu followed.

His heart was cold, could it really be related to Cheng Yu? Thinking about it again, Cheng Yu's usual behavior has always been above board, and it is impossible to do such a thing. Then he said: "Whether the governor has interrogated clearly, will it be the wrong person?" ”

He Zhiping snorted, "After all, your Hua family wants to shield him?" and threatened: "Hua Jinye, you have to think clearly about the fate of going against this official!"

When Cheng heard that this matter was involved with Cheng Yu, his face turned pale with fright. Their Cheng family only has two bloodlines left, Cheng Yu and Cheng Shu, if she is not well protected, how can she be worthy of her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law under Jiuquan, and how will she see the ancestors of the Cheng family in the future.

However, if she implicates her husband and the Hua family because of Cheng Yu, she ......

She hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Second Master Hua's arm, and her voice trembled, "Husband." ”

Second Master Hua squeezed her hand and gave her a reassuring look.

Cheng Yu couldn't bear it anymore, and stood resolutely, "You don't have to embarrass my uncle, that's right, I fought with He Gongzi, but I didn't kill him." ”

"Ah Yu!" Cheng hurriedly called, how could this stupid boy admit it!

"You admit it!" As soon as He Zhiping saw Cheng Yu, his eyes turned red, and he wanted to get rid of him quickly, so he gave an order, "Come on, take down this bold murderer to this official!"

"Wait, Lord He, can you listen to this king?" said King Xiang suddenly. Among those who are seated, the most important thing is King Xiang, with him speaking, He Zhiping is not good at disobeying him, "What does the prince have to say?"

King Xiang said: "Cheng Yu has been following this king for a while, this king knows his character, he will definitely not do such a thing, this matter should be investigated clearly before it is too late." ”

He Zhiping sneered, "Lord Wang, you haven't heard a sentence that you know people and don't know your face, how can you be sure that this matter was not done by him? ”

Although King Xiang is the respect of the prince, he has lived in Licheng for a long time, has been out of the center of power, and is gradually aging. And He Zhiping, who holds the power of a state, has great power, and over time, he will not take King Xiang, who has no real power, in his eyes.

King Xiang was furious, "You-"

In a hurry, his body shook lightly, and he almost fainted.

He Zhiping sneered: "It's better for the prince to take care of his body, don't worry about these things." ”

Princess Xiang was furious here, and cursed: "This He Zhiping, he is becoming more and more arrogant, he deserves to die son!"

Hua Junze stepped forward to support King Xiang, and seeing that he was fine, Fang said: "Lord He, it's not that I protect my cousin, is it just that someone saw them fighting and concluded that my cousin killed someone? Don't blame me for speaking ugly, Ling Lang usually does things out of line, and if he can't keep it, it's the family of the folk girl who was robbed by him to seek revenge on him. Hua Junze is neither humble nor arrogant.

He Zhiping choked for a moment, of course he knew what kind of character his son was. Zhiwu for a moment, quite unreasonable: "It's you who are arguing, I have already asked the people in the Temple of Mercy and Grace, they only saw Min'er go in, but did not see him come out, and only Cheng Yu had a conflict with him that day, so the person who killed him could only be Cheng Yu." ”

The pain of losing his son made him lose his mind, and he just wanted to find the murderer to avenge his son, so when a suspected murderer appeared in front of him, he grabbed it. Perhaps this is a psychological consolation that there is someone responsible for his son's death, whether it is the real murderer or not.

He pointed at Cheng Yu and said, "Unless you can find someone to prove that my family Min'er left alive after fighting you, otherwise, you will not be able to escape the blame!"

Hua Junze heard a glimmer of life, and turned his eyes to look at Cheng Yu, "Ah Yu, I know that you are not an impulsive person, why did you and He Gongzi have a conflict that day? Was there anyone else at that time?"

Cheng Yu quickly swept over Jiao Niang's face when he heard the words, and said without thinking: "I just can't get used to his usual behavior, so I fought with him for two sentences, and then I fought." "He can't say it's for Jiao Niang, if it is known that she is being molested by that bastard, it will ruin her reputation.

Hua Junze is such a smart person, he can tell that something is wrong when he hears it, he has known Cheng Yu for more than ten years, he is not a nosy person, I saw him pursed his brows, thoughtful.

Jiao Niang knew that he was defending himself, and she was grateful, but compared to his life, her reputation was nothing, Jiao Niang took a step forward, and just opened her mouth, before the first word could be sounded, a voice intercepted her words, "This king can testify for him." ”