On this day and night, Yuan Erniu made a bunk in the hall, reminiscing about the two meals he had eaten during the day, and was a little sleepless, but he heard a sound of a solitary sound from the corner of the wall.

He was an agitator all of a sudden.

Yuan Erniu's mind is also simple, the main family treats him generously, he must do his best, and he must not let the people of the main family suffer.

Therefore, as soon as he heard the movement outside, the person had quietly climbed up.

When I got to the door, I listened carefully.

After confirming that the voice was coming from behind the courtyard, he opened the door carefully, copied something in his hand, and went directly to the back.

Sure enough, I saw a black shadow, with his back to him, and he had just lit a fire.

He didn't care about anything else, so he stepped forward and kicked the man to the ground.

The man screamed, but it was a female voice.

Yuan Erniu didn't have any merciful intentions for the woman's subordinates, picked up the long stick in his hand, and went down with two sticks, only listening to two tooth-aching clicks, followed by a heart-rending scream.

At this time, the man had already fainted, and Yuan Erniu lifted the person up like a chicken and walked towards the courtyard.

At this time, the neighbors were awakened by the sound of screams.

Someone opened the window and asked, "What happened?" ”

Yuan Jin'an was thinking about building a house, and he didn't feel sleepy, when there was movement outside the courtyard, he had already gotten up, and when he saw Yuan Erniu dragging people in, he only asked the reason, and also raised his voice and said: "Someone at home has set fire, people have been arrested, and I can't leave here, so I bother to ask the patriarch, he must be present for this matter." ”

When the man heard this, he knew that it was a great matter, so he dressed himself and hurried out of the door.

At this time, many people had lit oil lamps at home, and after a while, some people gathered at Yuan Jin'an's house.

Yuan Lingchen didn't plan to come out because he was still young, so he only stood in the room with Yuan Baozhu, slapping the big crack in the door, observing the scene outside.

The patriarch hurried over, and some of the old clan elders also braved the darkness to their courtyard.

When everyone came, Yuan Jin'an glanced at Yuan Erniu, Yuan Erniu understood, directly grabbed Lu's hair, and raised her head, so that people could see the arsonist's face clearly by the light of the torch.

The patriarch immediately furrowed his eyebrows: "Lu clan? ”

His voice paused for a moment, obviously not expecting that the arsonist would be her.

However, there was a solemn-faced clan elder on the side, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand and point at the Lu family, and said with trembling hands: "Arson to your father's and mother's yard, this is a great rebellion and a heinous sin, you, how dare you?" ”

At this time, the clansmen who gathered also blamed one after another.

"It's really a ghost, and such a rebellious thing has been done."

"Uncle Jin'an's family is all kind-hearted people, and her uncle is not mean, how can this Lu family do such a thing?"

The patriarch's face was also very solemn: "Ninth brother, is it true that the Lu clan set fire?" ”

Although he knew that it was impossible for Yuan Jin'an's family to spread this kind of panic, for the sake of fairness and justice, there were some things that he had to ask.

Yuan Jinan sighed to himself: "We rested early, thanks to Erniu's timely discovery." ”

"Erniu?" The patriarch was a little strange, and he looked at the only strange man on the side.

Yuan Jinan did not hide it: "Erniu is a new subordinate bought by my family." ”

As soon as these words came out, the clansmen suddenly showed envious eyes, and some people whispered: "Uncle Jin'an's family can actually afford to summon his subordinates, and he really made a fortune." ”

"Why don't you go and see, how many mushrooms are in their yard? Add to that the messenger who delivered the goods to the merchants, and could the merchants have treated them badly? ”

In the eyes of the clansmen, a big businessman like Qian Huan has a mountain of gold and silver, and a reward is enough for them to ascend to the sky in one step, so they have never had a little doubt about the wealth of Yuan Jin'an's family.

The patriarch didn't stop the discussion here, and only asked Yuan Erniu: "Did you see the arson of the Lu clan with your own eyes?" ”

Yuan Erniu nodded and talked about what he saw: "Just now I was about to fall asleep, and I heard a movement outside the courtyard, so I went out to take a look, and sure enough, I saw her lighting a fire, and this." ”

He picked up the hay knots placed next to Lu, and there was a strong smell of tung oil on them: "These hayes are soaked in tung oil, and once they are ignited, the mushrooms in this courtyard wall will be destroyed." ”

Yuan Erniu spoke in a clear manner, and even the patriarch couldn't find fault with it.

He thought more: "I saw that the place where the mushrooms were placed in the ninth brother's house was a grass shed, and once such a hay knot soaked in tung oil was thrown in, then the fire would not be small, and if you were not careful, the people inside would suffer." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned to the Lu family again: "Arson is already a big crime, and if you add one more piece of murder to your relatives, this is a crime to kill your head." ”

Outside the door, Yuan Yizhi heard the news and stumbled over: "Patriarch, the Lu family is sick and confused, not intentionally, and ask the patriarch to open the net and spare her life." ”

He knelt down directly in front of the patriarch and kowtowed repeatedly.

The clansmen were showing some unbearability and wanted to ask for a favor for him, but they heard the patriarch snort coldly: "What she wants is your father's life, you are such a husband and wife, but where do you put your father and mother?" ”

When Yuan Yizhi heard this, he knelt down in front of Yuan Jinan and Chen: "Dad, mother, you just spare her, she didn't mean to." ”

Chen was angry and was about to speak, but he saw Lu's hideous face, as if he couldn't feel the pain in his legs: "I'm not wrong, they killed Qin Er, what's wrong with me seeking justice for her?" ”

The patriarch sank his face: "Yuan Lingqin's death, the clan has already reached a conclusion, in order to get rid of the crime, you poured dirty water on your father and mother, but the crime is one more degree." ”

"It was they who killed Qin Er, I saw it with my own eyes......"

At this time, the clansmen were all shocked: "This can't be, Yuan Lingqin was injured by a fierce beast, the wound is hideous, I have also seen it with my own eyes, how can it be wrong?" ”

"yes, that doesn't make sense......

The patriarch naturally didn't believe it: "Yuan Lingqin is the granddaughter of your father's mother-in-law, they have no reason to harm her, even if they want to harm her, how can the wound on her hand be explained?" ”

The Lu clan couldn't explain the wound on Yuan Ling Qin's hand, so he only insisted that Yuan Ling Qin was killed by them.

The patriarch shook his head: "The Lu clan is stubborn and unrepentant, and tomorrow morning, I will send it to the official and judge it according to the law." ”

Yuan Yizhi's face changed greatly, he knew what kind of virtue the current county official was.

That is an open-minded person who sees money, once the Lu family sees the official, it is impossible to live.

"Patriarch, patriarch, Lu is just confused for a while, she has never succeeded in arson, my father's family has no losses, please deal with it according to the clan rules." If we want to be beaten and punished, we all admit it, but I just ask the patriarch to spare her life, I still have three children at home, and they can't be without their mother. ”

Yuan Yi said as he kowtowed, and the patriarch shook his head: "The country has national laws, the family has family rules, and the sins of the Lu family are not forgiven if I say forgiveness." ”

Seeing this, Yuan Yizhi knelt down towards Yuan Jin'an again: "Dad, please spare her life." ”

Yuan Jinan shook his head, and was about to refuse, but he heard Chen say: "It's okay to surround her life." ”

Yuan Yizhi was overjoyed: "Thank you, mother." ”

He was about to get up, but he heard Chen's cold words again: "From now on, the relationship between our mother and son will be severed, whether you are rich or rich, or whether you are down, it has nothing to do with us." ”