Dongxu on the outskirts of Fenyang has always been a place where farmers, military households, artisans and so on live together, but although it is complicated, but under the constraints of the armor protection system, it is not a very noisy thing, to say that it has been more than ten or twenty years, it is inevitable that there will be a daughter-in-law of which family is out of the wall, which brother's brother is a brother, such a scandal of bad morals, but there has not been a vicious case of murder, injury and robbery for a long time, so since the murder of the Wu family, it really made the neighbors of Dongxu talk for a while.

The Jiao and Wu families, as far as Dongxu is concerned, their family backgrounds are more than enough than the top, and they are not particularly eye-catching portals. Jiao Manshi has 50 acres of fertile land under his name, 20 acres of mulberry land, employing two tenant farmers to help him, his father and mother have passed away, and his younger brother has also separated, but the two families are still living next to each other, walking closely, Jiao Manshi's eldest son is 14 years old this year, the youngest daughter has just passed the age of ten, his wife Jiao's sister-in-law has some symptoms, it is said that after Jiao Manshi absconded in fear of crime, Jiao's sister-in-law was seriously ill, and sold 20 acres of fertile land and 10 acres of mulberry land to invite Langzhong, who was skilled in medicine, and finally saved a life with precious medicinal materials.

There is no man in the family, and because of the murder, there are few people outside who have good things to point at, Jiao's sister-in-law refuses to go out when she has nothing to do, and she also restricts a pair of children strictly, and the three of them live quietly, except for walking around with the younger siblings next door, there is only one family.

Jiao Xiaolang, a boy from this family, was also sent to the school when he was about seven years old, and had the ambition to enter the imperial examination, and had already been admitted to the Tongsheng, he had planned to participate in the college examination, but at this time it was delayed because of the family change, he also listened to the teaching, accompanied his mother to study behind closed doors, and learned to manage agricultural crops, and took over the burden of supporting the family early.

At the end of the day, Jiao's sister-in-law sat under the eaves, doing some sewing work, Jiao Xiaoniang sat on a small pestle to help fan her mother, and as soon as the mother and daughter raised their eyes, they could see that in the half-open window in the study, Jiao Xiaolang was sitting precariously holding a book and watching it attentively, and the cicadas in the shade of the locust tree in the yard seemed to be deaf.

But suddenly there was a knock on the door, breaking the peace of the courtyard.

The boy put down the book, the woman put down the needle and thread, and even the little girl put the fan on her lap.

The mother and son were a little stunned for a while, and they raised their eyes and turned their heads, and the six eyes stared at the two courtyard gates that had also been bolted in broad daylight, as if they had already expected the fear of another disaster, even though they didn't know who was visiting.

"Mother, let me go." ——When Jiao Xiaolang took the first step out of the study and blocked in front of Jiao's sister-in-law, this sentence was even more resolute, and he watched him straighten out his scarf and straighten his sleeves before walking towards the courtyard gate with heavy steps, the more like he was going to be generous.

And Chai Sheng outside the door, dressed as a dusty servant, with a burden on his arm, tied his trousers tightly with an earthy gray belt, the shoes on his feet were almost not worn out to expose his toes, and his beard made him unable to see the appearance of a young man, he was born strong, this dress made Jiao Xiaolang mistakenly think that the knocker was more than ten years older than himself.

"This is the mansion of the big brother?" As soon as Chai Sheng opened his mouth, he really called his son Jiao Manshi, who was only two or three years younger than him, a brother.

"Positive...... Be. The simple two words, but Jiao Xiaolang dragged a long note in them, which proved that he was uneasy in his heart.

"Then you should be my eldest nephew." Chai Sheng laughed twice, straightened his chest and entered the courtyard gate with one foot, not treating himself as an outsider at all, standing in front of Jiao's mother who was holding her daughter and avoiding her sideways in three or two steps, and said: "The two must be Jiao's sister-in-law and eldest niece, brother is here, say hello to sister-in-law and niece." ”

Don't look at Chai Sheng's reckless style, in fact, he is secretly beating the drum in his heart, and he is not sure if he can fool a family of three with his words and deeds that Xiaodao pointed out to him.

But it turns out that Mo Wen Xiaodao really knows a lot of skills in the door of deception.

Although the mother and son of the Jiao family were worried and unenthusiastic about Chai Sheng's uninvited guest, they did not suspect that the person who came was disguised, and they didn't see that he was actually a young man at all.

"Does Lang Jun recognize his son?" Sister-in-law Jiao was still on her side, and she seemed to tighten Miss Jiao even closer to her arms, refusing to let the uninvited guests look at her even a little side face.

"My brother is in Taikang, and I am fortunate to get acquainted with Brother Jiao, although it is not for a long time, I only feel that it is too late to meet. Just because my brother committed a crime in Taikang, I had to go out to avoid trouble, because I wanted to go to Taiyuan to seek refuge with my uncle, and I originally persuaded Brother Jiao to go with me, and the brothers took care of each other, but it was a pity...... Brother Jiao can't stand the rush because of his illness. Talking all the way, Chai Sheng took off the shoulder on his arm all the way, untied it twice, and took out a few pieces of broken silver: "This is Brother Jiao asked me to transfer it to my sister-in-law and eldest nephew, saying that he can't take care of his wife and children anymore, and he feels resentful, if his body can improve this time, he will come back quietly to visit, and his sister-in-law, eldest nephew, and little niece must be cherished, so although Brother Jiao is out, his heart is finally stable." ”

"Is this really what my father entrusted you with?"

But when Jiao Xiaolang asked this sentence just now, Sister-in-law Jiao snatched the broken silver in her hand, and immediately turned sideways: "Da Lang quickly thank this Lang Jun, send him away, don't delay the guest's trip any longer." ”

Chai Sheng was almost kicked out of the house, and he had no choice but to truthfully convey the attitude of the Jiao family's mother and son to Chungui, but of course he didn't expect that after he left, there would be a ghost who would continue to stay in the Jiao family.

When Qu Zi went to open the door like Jiao Xiaolang went to the soup, he felt that this family was simply a rumor, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, as if they had done a big bad thing and were always worried about retribution, and then looked at their attitude towards Chai Sheng, it was even more weird, at this time, of course, they were preoccupied with their eyes wide and their ears high, and they didn't want to miss a single bit of the situation.

She saw Jiao Xiaolang close the courtyard door in a panic, but she listened to Jiao's sister-in-law's instructions to open a corner door on the courtyard wall.

"Someone came just now, saying that Da Lang's father is in Taikang, and he is still a brother and sister!" Without a word of gossip, Sister-in-law Jiao immediately got straight to the point.

"I'm afraid it's not a liar from somewhere!" Second Uncle Jiao said: "Now in the Dongxu area, who doesn't know that the eldest brother is fleeing, maybe there is that masked and heartless bastard, making up some words about the eldest brother's illness outside, to blackmail the property in the hands of the sister-in-law." ”

"If I was a liar, I wouldn't have to worry so much!" Sister-in-law Jiao hurriedly took out the broken silver and showed it to Second Uncle Jiao: "Take a look, that person said that Da Lang's father entrusted him to hand it over, and he also brought us a few words to let us spend the day with peace of mind." ”

Second Uncle Jiao's face became very strange.

Sister-in-law Jiao cried: "These days, I haven't had a day in my heart that I am steady, I am frightened in my dreams, I really don't know what sins I have created, so I have to end up with retribution one after another, not to mention hope, I am afraid that I will not have a good death." ”

Jiao's second sister-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to comfort: "Sister-in-law, don't say that, the people who create evil are those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, what can we do?" It's not all about food and clothing, for the sake of children and grandchildren not being hungry and cold, and God has eyes, so that the retribution will not fall on the sister-in-law. ”

"Why doesn't my sister-in-law have hope?" Second Uncle Jiao also comforted: "Isn't Da Lang the hope of my sister-in-law?" With a portal like ours, how could we have thought that we would raise a child who can read books and pass the exam, if it weren't for ...... Da Lang is only afraid that he is a student at this time! It doesn't matter, isn't it just three years? When Da Lang enters school, takes the test and becomes an official, no one will dare to bully our Jiao family in the future! ”

Qu out looked at the young man who was pinned on high hopes, although he was only fourteen, but because his father left home, he combed his hair in a bun and brought up a scarf of the "head of the family", he stood without saying a word, and his still young face seemed to contain indescribable sadness, and did not respond to the solemn expectations of his mother and uncle, as if he knew how to take responsibility, but he was at a loss where to go, like staring at the shadow all the time, he could see through what he was thinking.

What is this Jiao Xiaolang grieving, and why is he hesitating?

Qu Chu suddenly felt some sympathy for this young man, more than he had for the three girls of the Wang family, but this sympathy came a little inexplicably.

Are you confused by beauty?

Qu Chu stared at the young man's face......

How is it possible, this young man is just a clear eyebrow, and he hasn't asked Xiaodao's face yet.

Qu withdrew his gaze with some disgust, regained his full attention, and listened to Uncle Jiao's advice: "Don't worry about the uninvited guest, at most, it is the newly appointed Zhizhou master of Fenzhou, I suspect that we are still secretly in contact with the eldest brother, so that people come to secretly test, I and the clan uncle have inquired, this Zhao Zhizhou, but he and Hu Tong judge and other subordinate officials do not deal with it, the eldest brother's case is judged by Hu Tong, and it is reasonable for Zhao Zhizhou to pay special attention to it." ”

Jiao Xiaolang, who was originally silent with his head bowed, suddenly raised his face, as if he was looking forward to it because of Second Uncle Jiao's speculation