Zichu looked at it, and felt that the matter in front of him was a little strange. But here, Ma Xianglan was still staring at him: gritting her teeth and saying, "Cao Delu, you brute who has lost his conscience!" You killed my father-in-law, leaving our orphans and widows helpless, even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go! ”

Cao Delu was a little inexplicable: "This lady, may I ask your husband's surname?" When have I ever harmed him? And how did you hurt him? ”

"You're still pretending to be here?" Ma Xianglan's eyes shot infinite resentment, and said, "Where did the land of your current house come from?" ”

Cao Delu frowned: "I bought that house from a merchant. ”

"You're still lying!" Ma Xianglan interrupted him sharply, and suddenly sadness came from it, crying, "Since the matter has come to this point, I will explain the cause and effect of this matter clearly in front of everyone, so that everyone can judge it!" ”

As she spoke, she burst into tears and told the story in front of everyone.

It turned out that the young woman's name was Ma Xianglan, who was from Jingzhou about 600 miles away from the capital, and her family was well-off, so she was a small jasper. At the age of sixteen, he married a wealthy local businessman and had a son after marriage, and the relationship between the husband and wife was not bad. It's just that her husband is the only son in the family, who runs a medicinal herb business, runs around all the year round, and often does business in the capital, but he writes a letter to his home every month to keep him safe. Not long ago, my husband wrote back and said that he had bought a house somewhere in the capital, and the location and scenery were very good, and he was going to settle down here to do business, no longer running around, and then take his family to the capital.

Ma Xianglan, who saw the letter, prepared happily and waited for the day of family reunion.

Who knew that there were unforeseen circumstances, not long after receiving the letter, Ma Xianglan's in-laws suddenly fell ill and couldn't afford to get sick, and died not long after. Ma Xianglan hurriedly wrote a letter to her husband and asked him to come back for the funeral, but who knows why she didn't reply this time.

Ma Xianglan was very worried, and after the funeral of her in-laws, she took her young son to the capital to look for her husband. Who knows, when she arrived in the capital, she found that her husband was gone, and the house that her husband had mentioned in the letter had become Cao Delu's, and the time when Cao Delu moved into the house coincided with the time when her husband disappeared.

Cao Delu couldn't laugh or cry: "This lady, this house was bought by me from a merchant, he said that he didn't plan to do business in the capital anymore, and kept this house for waste, so I gave him three thousand taels of silver to buy this house." You can't just say I'm the murderer of your husband just because my husband mentioned it to you in my heart before, and I'm living in this house now, right? ”

When I heard this, I felt that it was too far-fetched.

Seeing that everyone looked at her with suspicion and distrust in their eyes, Ma Xianglan was also anxious, and was almost about to say something, but she couldn't help it, and sneered: "Cao Delu, don't you just want to provoke me to tell other evidence, and then you can find a way to annihilate the evidence?" ”

The implication seems that there is other evidence that proves that Cao Delu killed her husband.

Now the people began to doubt the faith again.

Ye He Minglu was also a little dizzy, and whispered: "Zichu, who did you say is true?" I think this shopkeeper is very good and reasonable, but Ma Xianglan's expression doesn't look like a fake, who said it is true? After a long time, things seem to be getting more and more complicated. Hey, it seems that I haven't been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and now I can't even see through these ways on the rivers and lakes. ”

Zichu nodded: "Indeed, you can't understand it, and I can't understand it either." Still, I think maybe neither of them is lying. ”

"Huh? Neither of them lied? That's hard to ........"

"Yes, Minglu, sometimes, what the eyes see is not necessarily the truth, what do you say?"

was slandered as a murderer, Cao Delu also held his breath in his heart, and gradually became angry: "This lady, since you said that there is evidence to prove that I killed my husband, but you refuse to take it out, and instead let a scoundrel hit my car, what do you want?" ”

Ma Xianglan bit her lip, as if she wanted to say something, but paused.

"This lady," Zichu suddenly spoke, his voice quiet and leisurely, "Since you said that you have evidence of Shopkeeper Cao's murder in your hand, and you are worried that if you say it here, Shopkeeper Cao will destroy the evidence, it is better to go to Jingzhao Mansion to file a complaint and present the evidence to Lord Jingzhaoyin." Isn't it great that Lord Jing Zhaoyin will definitely be able to find out the truth, and maybe he will be able to find out the whereabouts of his husband? ”

As soon as the quilt Zichu reminded him like this, everyone came to their senses and said, "Yes, yes, since there is evidence, go to Jingzhao Mansion to complain!" ”

"Yes, yes!"

"Hmph, you two women have been maintaining that shopkeeper Cao before, maybe they are in a group, and you want to trick me to Jingzhao Mansion!"

Xianglan said with a resentful face, "As the saying goes, the entrance of the government is open to the south, and there is no reason to come in, he is the second shopkeeper of Chunshangju, and he is both powerful and rich in the capital, isn't it easy to buy the official mansion?" At that time, my evidence will still not be kept, and maybe even I will have to get into it! ”

"This lady must have just arrived in the capital, no wonder she doesn't know the situation."

Zichu was not annoyed, and his voice was still calm, "Now that the new monarch of our Jin Xuguo has succeeded to the throne, he will use the virtuous ministers, this Lord Jing Zhaoyin is a rare good official, and he will fulfill his duties, whether it is ordinary people or officials and magnates, as long as they go to him to complain, they will accept it the same, and they will not be biased because the other party has money and power." If you don't believe me, you can ask the people present! ”

Today's Jingzhao Yin Deng Zhuxian is a person recommended by Jun Yuchen, and Zichu is quite clear about his personality.

Although I dare not say that this Jing Zhaoyin is like a god in judging the case, and there is no unjust case under his hands, at least he is a down-to-earth and sincere official, and he is very dedicated to the case, and he will never open his eyes to Ma Xianglan and arbitrarily judge the case.

Ma Xianglan looked a little puzzled: "Really? ”

Today's Jing Zhao Yin has been in office for more than two years, and his reputation is much better than that of the previous Jing Zhao Yin, especially in the last year, he has a reputation for not being afraid of power, so everyone nodded one after another.

Seeing that everyone didn't seem to be lying to her, Ma Xianglan hesitated, and only looked up at Cao Delu for a long time, her expression was sad and sad, and she said coldly: "Cao Delu, don't think that you can get away with it, one day, I, Ma Xianglan, want you to pay for your blood debt!" ”

As she spoke, she turned around and left with the child in her arms, but instead of facing the wing of Jingzhao Mansion, she was facing the other side.

It wasn't until she came to a secluded alley that Ma Xianglan slowly stopped, hesitating whether to sue the official.

"Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, how are things?" Suddenly, there was a not so strange shout from behind.

Ma Xianglan turned her head and saw that it was a businessman who was good friends with her husband, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I have done what you said, and made a big deal about it, so many people are present, and they can hear it clearly, even if you want to cover the case, you can't cover it now." However, I heard someone say just now that Jing Zhaoyin is also a good official, maybe he can help me find out the whereabouts of my father-in-law, Brother Li, why don't we go to the high-ranking officials together, and we must let that Cao Delu pay for his blood debts! ”

The people exchanged glances with each other and said, "This matter is not in a hurry, we are already dealing with the people of Jingzhao Mansion, so as not to be suppressed by someone when the situation is obtained, the sooner we receive the paper, the revenge of Brother Zhang can be avenged earlier, right?" ”

"That's right, thank you!" Ma Xianglan breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but thank, "Speaking of which, I would like to thank you for your help, if it wasn't for you to help me, I wouldn't know, it turned out that my husband was killed by the second shopkeeper of Chun Shangju; If you hadn't taught me to make a big deal first, so as not to be suppressed, maybe my family's revenge would not have been avenged! When this case is understood, I will definitely thank you again! ”

"Sister-in-law of the Zhang family is polite, we are all peers, and we are very familiar with your husband, and we should help each other."

The men exchanged smiles with each other, and a fierce smile flashed in their eyes, soaked in blood-colored coldness......

Seeing that the matter was finally resolved, Cao Delu also breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't know this Ma Xianglan's husband, let alone murder for money, if this Ma Xianglan sued Jingzhao Mansion, Lord Jingzhao Yin would find out the facts of the case, and he would be able to give himself justice, so as not to be wrongfully accused of murder for no reason, but he couldn't even defend himself, not only did his own reputation be tarnished, but also the reputation of Chun Shangju.

"Thank you two ladies for speaking up just now, otherwise, I'm afraid I'm really going to get into trouble!" Cao Delu said gratefully.

Ye He Minglu first pointed out what Ma Xianglan did unreasonably, and then revealed that the man was pretending to be injured, and Zichu reminded Ma Xianglan to go to Jingzhao Mansion to complain and ask for justice. It is precisely because of the words of the two that everyone may not believe that he is a murderer, which not only helped him, but also helped the reputation of Chunshangju, after all, Chunshangju has just gained a foothold in the capital, and if he encounters a storm at this time, it will be very troublesome.

"Shopkeeper Cao is very polite." Zichu looked at Ma Xianglan's distant figure, and said in thought, "I think the shopkeeper Cao is a person, not like such a person who makes money and is terrifying, but Ma Xianglan's expression doesn't seem to want to be fake, maybe there is some misunderstanding in the middle, Cao's shopkeeper had better check it, right?" Maybe someone wants to use this incident to discredit Harujoju! ”

Cao Delu's heart sank, and he arched his hand and said: "Thank you Madame for reminding me, I will definitely keep it in mind!" ”

"It's not sincere to say thank you, we originally wanted to go to Chunshangju to taste the Hundred Flowers Banquet, if Shopkeeper Cao really wants to thank us, it's better to waive our meal money later." Ye He Minglu said with a smile.

Cao Delu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled heartily: "Thanks to the two ladies who can afford it, they are willing to patronize Chunshangju, of course, there is no problem!" ”

Hearing that Zichu and Ye He Minglu helped the second shopkeeper, the guys in Chun Shangju were naturally courteous to the two.

It's just that Zichu always felt that Ma Xianglan's matter was a little strange, after she sat down, she took advantage of the cooking to go downstairs, and gave a few orders to the guards who came with her, asking them to send someone to inquire about Ma's residence, and then when she came back, she was suddenly stopped by a person in the room next to her. When Zi first set his eyes and saw it, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy.

"Uncle! How are you? How did you end up here? ”

It turned out that this spring residence was the property under the name of Helian's uncle, and today it was also a coincidence, and it happened that Helian's uncle saw the story of his son Chuhe Ye Heming saving his second shopkeeper upstairs.