In the second room, there were children crying.

After the birth of this child, there was a very noticeable change in his father's attitude towards him - although it was only a concubine.

The child apparently had just woken up, crying and shouting "Daddy, mother" inarticulately.

The nurse was not good at coaxing horizontally, so she let the maid go to Aunt Xue's room.

After a short time, the maid turned back and sent the child in.

Soon, Deng Yu heard his father's hearty laughter in his ears.

It had been a long time since he had heard his father smile like that.

The boy straightened his back.

Fortunately, he has long since stopped yearning.

After waiting for another half an hour, Deng Changen, who had finished washing up and having breakfast, walked out of the room.

"Father."

Deng Yu saluted him.

"What are you doing here?" Deng Changen obviously didn't want to see this bad son, so he didn't stop and went out of the yard directly.

Deng Yu can only keep up.

"Father, my son doesn't want to marry Miss Zhang—"

There was a thoughtful determination in his voice.

Deng Changen froze and turned his head to look at him.

"What did you say?"

"Son, I don't want to marry Miss Zhang." Deng Yu repeated it again.

But at this moment, he was suddenly in a trance.

He seemed to have said this sentence many years ago, but that Miss Zhang was Zhang Meishou.

He was inexplicably a little distracted.

Deng Changen looked mocking and angry as if he had heard some joke: "You poked this matter out, and now you tell me that you don't want to marry?" ”

In vain he had always thought that only women would do this, but now it seemed that he was too lonely and unheard.

"The father misunderstood his son."

Deng Yu explained with a frank face: "My son had a secret relationship with Miss Zhang before, but he couldn't bear it when he saw that she was in a pitiful situation. came forward to testify on her behalf, but she didn't want to see the facts distorted - that night, it was someone else, and her son would also stand up. ”

Deng Changen sneered when he heard it.

"Those officials who were impeached and ransomed prostitutes from the Qinglou and kept them in other courtyards all said that they couldn't bear to do good deeds."

Deng Yu's face turned red and white when he heard this.

"You did it yourself, so what's the use of you telling me this now? You are speaking frankly, but have you ever thought about what outsiders think! You have been studying for many years, do you not know that men and women are guarded? What's more, there have been rumors between you and her, and when you stood up for her, you should have expected this situation! ”

After all, it's not that you're dazzled by someone with three or two nice words!

"Father!"

Deng Yusheng retorted with a red face: "My son is doing the right thing, so he is not afraid of outsiders' speculation!" It is precisely because of the rumors between me and Yan'er's sister that I can't marry her even more - otherwise, wouldn't it confirm the rumors of the year! ”

"What? Do you and her still want to be famous? In such a situation, this is the best way to go! After all, isn't the Deng family cleaning up the mess for you? Now, you're still arguing with me! ”

At this moment, Deng Changen almost wanted to pry his eldest son's head open, so that he could take a closer look at what was inside.

Listen, is this what a normal person can say?

Seeing that Deng Yu was about to say, he interrupted in time: "So far, it's up to you whether you marry or not!" ”

"If you mess with me again, I don't know what to do, don't blame me for not thinking about the relationship between father and son!"

With that, he strode away.

"Father!"

Deng Yu shouted loudly at his back, but Deng Changen never looked back.

"Childe...... Let's go back. The little guy next to him whispered.

Deng Yu came back to his senses after a while, and when he caught a glimpse of the appearance of the little guy next to him, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "What about Eleven?" ”

Speaking of which, it seems like I haven't seen it for a few days.

It's just that he's been so upset lately that he hasn't paid close attention to it.

"It was the master who asked the little one to serve the son...... "The little guy replied vaguely.

"I ask you where is Eleven?" Deng Yu faintly sensed that something was wrong, and his tone suddenly sank.

The little guy shrank slightly, and only said roughly the truth: "...... I heard that he was beaten by the master, but now it seems that he is no longer in the house......"

"What?"

Deng Yu's face was ugly.

He suddenly thought of Fan Jiu at the beginning.

But what's wrong with Eleven?

Mother is like this, and father is so indiscriminate......!

It's just that his mother loves money, and she said that she was expelled from the house, but in fact she sold Fan Jiu, but fortunately, he found out in time and ransomed the person back, so he returned Fan Jiu a free body.

May 11......

said that it was a board, but if it was just a board, how could it not be in the house?

I'm afraid that there will be more luck and less luck.

Father was angry with Naxi, and even more to intimidate him.

Deng Yu clenched his fists, only feeling out of breath.

He didn't know why things had come to this......

He never thought that his family affairs would be decided in such a ridiculous way - vigorous is certainly vigorous enough, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the whole city is watching.

Deng Yu thought self-deprecatingly.

He thought of the absurd words that his mother found him last night and threatened him that if he really married Zhang Meiyan, she would not live.

He smiled bitterly, not knowing what he had done wrong to be forced into such a situation.

As soon as this thought came up, he only felt a blackness in front of him, and in a trance, he quickly lost consciousness.

"Childe!"

The little guy was shocked and hurriedly held the person up.

Childe has hardly eaten anything in the past few days, and often can't sleep, so it's strange that his body can support it!

The servant called out to a servant passing by, and the two of them hurriedly helped the man back to the front yard.

This scene has attracted the attention of many subordinates along the way.

"Childe, what's wrong?"

"It's like I've passed out—"

"What? Childe fainted happily because he was able to marry Miss Zhang? A quick-thinking subordinate was surprised.

The word quickly spread around.

Deng Yu, who had just woken up, heard his subordinates say this, his lips trembled, and he fainted again.

……

In the afternoon, Zhang Luan went to Beijing to visit Cheng Ran.

The two talked for a long time in the study, all of which were opinions related to the facts of the case and some newly discovered doubts.

"It's just a few subtle clues, but it's not enough to convict them." Master Cheng said: "Now if you want to get the evidence, you must find out where the poison came from——"

Zhang Luan nodded and said, "Then there is the testimony of the son of the Deng family......

But after checking in the past few days, although no one can prove that Deng Yu stayed at Zhang Meiyan's residence for a whole day that day, on the contrary, no one can prove that he is lying.

Recently, the city has been very peaceful, and the people have not been subject to too strict interrogation in and out, so the guards at the city gate have not been able to ask anything.

Zhang Luan didn't know what he thought, got up and said, "Lord Lao has been bothered these days. Now that the officials still have something to do, they won't disturb the adults' work. ”

He had an idea - to meet Zhang Yan.

Cheng Ran nodded.

"This case will be investigated again and again, in order to arrest the murderer as soon as possible - Master Zhang walks slowly."

Zhang Luan bowed his hand and turned to leave.

At this time, an official came over in a hurry.

"Master Zhang." The official hurriedly saluted.

Zhang Luan nodded, recognizing that the other party was Cheng Ran's very important subordinate.

This person has followed Cheng Ran to handle a lot of cases, and Su Rili is the most calm and steady, and now he is a little strange.

Could it be that something is going on?

Zhang Luan walked forward suspiciously, but when he was about to pass through the back hall, he saw a familiar figure outside the hall.