In Rongfu Hall, Liu Xiangxue was peeling the pear with her own hands, and then cut it into pieces and handed it to Xie.

Xie Shi ate with a smile, took out a small box from the cabinet on the side, and said, "Open it and take a look." ”

Liu Xiangxue has come to Rongfutang every day these days to curry favor with Xie's money, Liu Xiangxue has already thought about it seriously, if it weren't for Xie's, then she wouldn't be like this, and before she left, she must take Xie's money.

Now seeing that Xie was finally moved by herself, Liu Xiangxue was secretly happy in her heart, and said, "Grandma, Xiangxue can't accept such a valuable thing from you." ”

Xie frowned, she hadn't told Liu Xiangxue that she was going to give it to her, let alone what it was, and now Liu Xiangxue blurted out this sentence, which really made Xie Shi's opinion of Liu Xiangxue greatly discounted.

Xie Shi didn't show it on his face, but said lightly: "Open it and take a look." ”

Liu Xiangxue suppressed the ecstasy in her heart, stretched out her hand and opened the box, only to see that the box was full of gold, silver and jade ornaments.

Liu Xiangxue was ecstatic in her heart, but she tried extremely hard to suppress her emotions, she handed the box to Xie Shi and said, "Where can Xiangxue accept such a valuable thing from grandma." ”

Xie frowned, stretched out her hand to take it, Liu Xiangxue was shocked, she thought that this was given to her by Xie, and it was reasonable for her to refuse like this, but she didn't expect Xie to really take it back.

Liu Xiangxue really regretted it at the moment, but at this time, she saw Xie Shi reach out and take a string of honey-colored glass beads from the box and hand it to her, and said, "I see that you don't have any jewelry to dress up, you take this." ”

Liu Xiangxue didn't dare to refuse at this moment, so she hurriedly reached out and took it, thanking her repeatedly.

Xie squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I have been in the position of the head mother of the Xia family for most of my life, and I have saved a lot of gold and silver, as long as you are obedient, you will be indispensable in the future." ”

Liu Xiangxue was disdainful, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, so she nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "Grandma, Xiangxue will peel an apple for you." ”

While the two were talking, they heard footsteps outside the door, Xiao Liuzi lifted the curtain and walked in, saw Xie Shi, bent down and saluted: "Old lady, the master asked the slave to come and invite you to the front hall." ”

Xie frowned, "Oh? What's the matter? ”

Xiao Liuzi smiled, "How can the slave know." ”

Xie Shi thought for a while and said, "Okay, you go out and wait first, and I'll go in a while." ”

Xiao Liuzi turned around and walked out, Liu Xiangxue said anxiously: "Grandma, could it be that the matter of the second master is known by the eldest master?" ”

Xie shook his head, "It's okay with this, I'll go and have a look first." ”

The two walked out together, Xiao Liuzi was already waiting outside the door, and when he saw Xie and Liu Xiangxue coming, Xiao Liuzi bent down and stretched out his hand and said, "Old lady, please." ”

When the three of them arrived in the front hall, they saw that Xia Chuanyuan was sitting at the top, Xia Mengning was also there, and the other seats were sitting among the elders of the clan.

When Xia Chuanyuan saw that Xie had arrived, he said, "You all go down, little Liuzi, you go and guard the door, and no one is allowed to come in." ”

Seeing this situation, Xie Shi asked, "Yuan'er, what is it that makes you so nervous?" ”

Xia Chuanyuan didn't pay attention to her, but turned his head to the elders beside him and said, "Elders, I called everyone here today to tell you something important, as for what it is, a few elders will know after reading these letters." ”

As he spoke, Xia Chuanyuan took out a stack of letters from his sleeve and handed them to several elders.

When several elders saw it, they all looked shocked, and one of them said, "Yuan'er, where did you get these letters?" ”

Before Xia Chuanyuan could speak, he saw Xia Mengning, who was sitting on the side, stand up and said, "Several elders, these letters were given to Daddy by Ning'er. ”

Several elders knew Xia Mengning, and when they saw Xia Mengning standing up, they were all busy getting up and saluting, Xia Mengning waved his hand and said, "Presumably several elders know that Qian Shi, the wife of the second room, came to me the night before she died and asked me to help her take care of her daughter, in exchange for these letters that she had secretly left." ”

Several elders discussed it for a while, and then said, "Xie Clan, do you have anything to hide about Yuan'er's life experience?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xie Shi felt that her whole body trembled, she hurriedly reached out and clenched her palm, the pain from the palm of her hand calmed her down a little, and then she said angrily: "Nonsense, Yuan'er is my son, what is there to hide?" ”

Several elders looked at each other, and the person who spoke said, "Are these letters written by you?" ”

As he spoke, the elder who spoke stood up, walked up to Xie, and handed the letter to Xie. Xie Shi looked at it, cold sweat flowed out, she was naturally familiar with these letters, isn't this the letter she wrote to Xia Chuansheng a few years ago, I thought that Xia Chuansheng had destroyed it after reading it, who would have thought that it would be left by the Qian family.

Xie Shi's face turned pale, and he said fiercely: "No, I don't know whose these letters are, anyway, they are not mine." ”

Xie Shi said, the muscles on his face couldn't help but shake a few times, but he still managed to maintain his calm.

At this time, Xia Chuanyuan, who was sitting on the side, spoke, "Is it your handwriting, just compare the Buddhist scriptures you copied!" ”

Xie Shi was stunned for a moment, looked at Xia Chuanyuan, and saw that Xia Chuanyuan's eyes had faded away from the peace of the past, and now when he looked at her, he was full of anger.

Xie Shi was startled, tried to endure the fear in his heart, and said, "Nonsense, do you know what you are talking about now?" Are you doubting me? ”

Xia Chuanyuan didn't care, and said calmly: "Whether it's true or not, as long as you check it, you can know." ”

Xie roared, "No, no...... You're insulting me by doing this...... I will not allow it, I will not allow it......"

Xie Shi's appearance of being a thief made several elders frown, but at this time, Xia Mengning said softly: "Even if I don't check the old lady's handwriting, it just so happens that I have invited an old man, presumably the old lady must still remember him." ”

As soon as Xie Shi was stunned, he saw a man come out from behind the screen, Xie Shi opened his eyes wide, looked at the man in horror, his face became pale, and he couldn't say a word.

The man wore an ordinary coarse linen robe, walked to the center of the hall and knelt down, "Li Tian, the grass people, knock to see the prime minister, and knock to meet the lord of Hehe." ”

Several of the elders were puzzled, and one of them asked, "County Lord, who is this person?" ”

Before Xia Mengning could speak, she saw Xie Shi pick up the tea bowl next to him and smash it on the man's body, "You get out, you get out......

Li Tian dodged sideways, and the teacup shattered behind him, and several elders looked displeased, and said, "Xie Shi, Hugh is presumptuous!" ”

Xie Shi gasped, sat on the chair and looked pale, but a pair of cloudy eyes glared at Li Tian fiercely.

Xia Mengning said, "Li Tian, tell a few elders about your story." ”

Li Tian nodded and said: "Cao Min Li Tian, his family lives in Xie Jiazhuang, Qingshui Township, thirty-six years ago, Cao Min was only three years old at the time, at that time a face-to-face mother-in-law came to our village, gave a newborn girl to my mother, and gave my mother a hundred taels of silver, asking my mother to take good care of this girl. When the grass people were twenty-three years old, they became married to this girl, and a year later, they had a daughter, and after they got married, she told the grass people that the rich old lady who came to our house was actually her biological mother, but because she was a daughter and couldn't be kept around, she sent it out to raise. Three years later, our daughter was three years old, that year was just in time for the family to be flooded, she contracted a vicious disease, died, I had no choice but to sell my daughter to a big family to work as a maid, so I went to work in someone else's house alone, survived. ”

After the man finished speaking, he said, "That old lady is the one who sits there, and there is a mother-in-law...... But it's not here......"

When several elders heard this, they all turned their heads to look at Xie Shi, only to see that Xie Shi was already sitting on the chair with a dead face.

Xia Mengning said softly: "Thirty-six years ago, it was when my father was born. ”

Xia Chuanyuan's face was pale, and he walked up to Xie Shi step by step, and said coldly: "You tell me, whose child am I." ”

Xie Shi looked at Xia Chuanyuan and shouted loudly: "Nonsense, it's all nonsense, are you my son, is there any fake, can it be proved just by the words of this unknown person, ridiculous...... It's ridiculous......"

Xia Mengning looked at it coldly, but she didn't expect Xie Shi to be so dead at this time, so she immediately spoke: "Daddy, Mother Chen has been waiting for a long time, presumably Mother Chen's words will not be nonsense." ”

Xie Shi's face was pale, and he looked at the door in disbelief, and sure enough, the person who walked in was Chen's mother.

Xie Shi's heart sank violently like a big stone, and screamed: "Don't talk nonsense, your family's life is still in my hands, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will kill your whole family." ”

Such ruthless and ruthless words made everyone present frown, how did Xie sit in this main room with such moral conduct.

Chen's mother was a little embarrassed to testify against Xie on the spot, but she was also a person who had served her all her life, even if Xie ruthlessly sacrificed her son, Chen's mother still didn't dare to confront her face to face.

But now that Xie Shi said such things openly, it really chilled Chen's mother's heart to a deeper extent again, Chen's mother's face turned pale, and she knelt on the ground and said: "The old slave heard what he said later, and there was indeed no lie." ”

Mother Chen stepped forward, knelt on the ground and said: "Thirty-six years ago, the old slave served in front of the old lady, at that time the old lady was the old man's main room, and the old lady was pregnant with another aunt in the house, but on the day of delivery, the old lady found that she gave birth to a female fetus, and the aunt gave birth to a male fetus, and the old lady was afraid of losing the old man's heart, because at that time the aunt was also very favored by the old man, so the old lady threatened the life of the aunt's whole family. forced the aunt to give her the child, and then gave the aunt a sum of money, sent her out of the capital, and told the lord that the aunt had given birth to a stillborn child, so the lord did not pursue it anymore, and gave up the idea of looking for the aunt. The old lady thought that she would not get pregnant again, but she became pregnant again after two years, and she actually got a man in one fell swoop. ”

When several elders in the clan heard this, they immediately looked at Xie with unkind eyes, and Xie looked at Mother Chen in disbelief, and his hands trembled, "You...... You old slave...... Why did you come to me......

Mother Chen glanced at Xie Shi, turned around and knelt down in front of Xia Chuanyuan, kowtowed, and said, "Master, what the old slave said is true, there is no half a lie." ”

Xia Chuanyuan nodded and said to a few elders: "A few elders, now, what should we do with the Xie family?" ”

The elder who had spoken at the beginning listened, and said, "According to the rules of the clan, such deception should be punished with a great sin, that is, expulsion from the family tree and expulsion from the house." ”

As soon as the elder finished speaking, several people around him echoed his words, and Xie Shi shouted with a pale face: "You are bold, I am the master mother of this Xia family, who dares to drive me away?" ”

Xia Chuanyuan turned around, "Whether you dare to rush or not, you can't let it go!" ”

At this time, Xia Mengning stood up and stepped forward, bowed to Xia Chuanyuan and said: "Daddy, although she has committed a heinous crime, but now she is also old, besides, this kind of family ugliness is not easy to publicize, if she is driven out of the house, she will definitely be resentful, and if it is publicized everywhere at that time, it will not have a good impact on us." ”

A clan elder on the side listened and nodded, "What the county lord said is reasonable. ”

Xia Chuanyuan turned his head and asked, "Then according to what Ning'er saw, what should I do with the Xie family?" ”

Xia Mengning turned her head to look at Xie Shi and said, "If you commit such a crime, you should go to the Buddha to confess, so it is better to lock her up in the Buddha hall and spend the rest of her life in the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha." ”

Xia Chuanyuan thought for a while, nodded and said, "Just according to what you said." ”

After Xia Chuanyuan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the elders of the clan and said, "Now that the facts have been revealed, the juniors will not be able to serve as the head of the Xia family, please ask a few elders to discuss, and choose one of the peers in the clan to serve as one." ”

I didn't expect Xia Chuanyuan to say such a thing, several elders were stunned, and after a while, one of the elders stood up and said: "Today's incident does not affect you to continue to serve as the head of the family, you are also a descendant of the Xia family, and now you have also sat in the position of the head of the family for so many years, not to mention, the county lord will get married next year, if your identity is gone, it will also have an impact on the county lord." ”

Several elders echoed one after another, and Xia Mengning also stood up and said, "Daddy, you should sit in peace, not for the sake of others, but also for the sake of your daughter and younger brother and mother." ”

Xia Chuanyuan looked at Xia Mengning and the others, and finally nodded and said, "Junior, thank you for the support and love of several elders. ”

As soon as this incident passed, the entire Prime Minister's Mansion seemed to have changed, Xia Mengning released Chen's mother's son that night, and threw the unconscious Xia Chuansheng into the cell.

Liu and Xia Mengrong had no support, and they wanted to go to Xie, but unexpectedly, Xie was confined in the Buddhist hall and no one could visit.

Liu and Xia Mengrong were in a hurry, so they had to go to Wei for help.

In the Swift Pavilion, Wei looked at Liu and Xia Mengrong, and said with a smile: "Now that our house is what the master said, where can I say anything." ”

Liu smiled indecently, "You are different, you still have a son, I don't ask for anything else now, Rong'er is now fourteen years old, and it is time to discuss marriage, but at this time, everyone is willing to take care of our mother and daughter, what can we do." ”

Wei Shi smiled: "This matter is easy to say, but it depends on whether you can do things." ”

As he spoke, Wei took out a packet of medicinal powder from the cabinet on the side, handed it to Liu, and said, "This is Heding Red from the Western Regions, you just need to take it to Xia Mengning to drink, and as soon as Xia Mengning dies, this mansion will let us do it." ”

Liu didn't make a sound, but Xia Mengrong hurriedly said: "No, if Xia Mengning dies, then we won't be able to get out of it." ”

Wei said with a smile: "Whether you live or die, you have to fight here, I will give you this way, whether to go or not, the decision is in your own hands." ”

Liu hesitated for a moment, and said ruthlessly: "Okay, success or failure is here, if you succeed, you have to remember what you promised me." ”

Wei smiled in agreement.

Liu and Xia Mengrong returned to Moxiang Pavilion, and Xia Mengrong hurriedly said, "Auntie, this matter is too risky, we can't take risks." ”

Liu sighed and said, "Rong'er, I know about this risk, but if we don't do this, what can we do?" ”

Xia Mengrong was also full of sadness, "Auntie, why do you say our lives are so bitter." ”

Liu hugged Xia Mengrong and cried: "Rong'er, don't worry, my aunt will definitely let you marry a good family." ”

At night, Xia Mengning wore a cloak and went to the Buddhist hall behind Rongfu Hall with Jiu'er to visit Xie Shi, who was worshipping the Buddha devoutly.

After entering Rongfu Hall, Mother Chen saw Xia Mengning coming, and hurriedly smiled: "The third lady is here." ”

Xia Mengning nodded and said, "You are guarding here, I'll go in and take a look at the Xie family." ”

Chen's mother nodded, and Xia Mengning walked in with Jiu'er.

Jiu'er walked in front, stretched out his hand and pushed the door open for Xia Mengning, no one cleaned the Buddhist hall, as soon as he walked in, he felt a heavy smell of dust, Xia Mengning covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, looked around carefully, and then walked in.

Xie Shi was sitting on the couch, the old decorations and the girls and mothers-in-law were no longer there, she was the only one in this Buddhist hall, hearing the footsteps, Xie raised his eyelids and looked, seeing that it was Xia Mengning, Xie snorted disdainfully, "What, are you here to show off your power with me?" ”

Xia Mengning patted the dust on the couch with a handkerchief, and then Shi Shiran sat down, looked at Xie Shi and said with a smile: "What, does the old lady think that Ning Er has this spare time to show off her power with you?" ”

Xie Shi opened his eyes, looked at Xia Mengning and said, "I didn't calculate that you, a stinky girl, could be in charge alone, I knew that you were like this now, and I should have strangled you in the first place." ”

Jiu'er hurriedly stepped forward and said sharply: "Presumptuous! ”

Xia Mengning smiled and shook her hand, "Don't be angry, old lady, Ning'er came here today, but to tell you the good news, Ning'er has rescued Chen's mother's son yesterday and locked up the real sinners." ”