I don't know if Zhang Qianglin and his wife are because they have ghosts in their hearts, or because of their natural awe of officials, after looking at each other nervously, they knelt straight down towards Xie Jinlan:

"Grass man Zhang Qianglin has seen adults!"

"The folk woman Feng has seen an adult!"

There was a distinct tremor in their voices.

Xie Jinlan replied lightly and said lightly: "Do you two know who this official is, and why do you want to see you?" ”

Zhang Qianglin hesitated for a moment and said, "The grass people don't know. ”

Xie Jinlan said: "This official is the new prefect of Lingzhou, and the night before someone complained about Ying's death, I saw the two of you sneakily coming out of Sun Er's house in a panic. What is your relationship with Ying, and whether her death has anything to do with you! Recruit from the truth! ”

The two were startled by Xie Jinlan's last shout, and quickly leaned down, their foreheads pressed against the ground.

Zhang Qianglin panicked:

"Wronged, my lord! Cao Min and this mother-in-law did go to Sun Er's house that night, but Ying's really didn't kill us! She was still alive when we left, please be aware of it! ”

Lu Zhukuai and Lu Wenming were stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting them to react like this.

Xie Jinlan was just deceiving these two people, but they didn't expect them to be so frightened, and they recruited them all of a sudden.

After glancing at Ruan Yezhen, Xie Jinlan looked at the two below:

"Why be alive and not unharmed? But you had an argument with her? Why did the two of you go to Sun Er's house? ”

Zhang Qianglin and Feng glanced at each other, with a bit of desire on their faces.

Xie Jinlan pointed out meaningfully: "If you have something to say, even if it is about Jiang Yingyu, the county commander of Xinlin County, this official can guarantee your safety?" ”

Zhang Qianglin was taken aback, and instinctively looked up at Xie Jinlan. But the moment he came into contact with Xie Jinlan's sight, he quickly lowered his head again: "What the adults said is true?" ”

Lu Zhukuai couldn't help but interject: "Naturally, it's true! Lord Jiang's sister became Zhaoyi's mother in the palace, but Lord Xie married the most favored niece of the saint today, the lord of Jiahe! ”

I almost said it directly: Lord Jiang has the support of Zhaoyi Niangniang, but the backer behind Lord Xie is the emperor!

When Xie Jinlan heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows lightly at Ruan Yezhen, as if to say: It seems that you have to rely on your identity at the critical moment.

Ruan Yezhen seemed to understand what he meant, her chin was slightly raised, and she looked like 'that's natural'.

Mo Yan behind Xie Jinlan saw the eyebrow and eye lawsuit between the two clearly, and the expression on his face remained unchanged, but he was complaining in his heart:

Adults and young ladies are enough! At this time, don't forget to flirt! He's almost out of sight!

Zhang Qianglin understood the meaning of Lu Zhukuai's words, and his heart suddenly calmed down, and then he said:

"If you go back to your lordship, the grass people and the mother-in-law went to find Ying's that night, just to coerce Ying's to continue their partnership......"

It turned out that two years ago, one day not long after Ying married Sun Er, she happened to see Zhang Qianglin and Feng's mother talking in a remote alley near Xiaoyu Pavilion.

This was nothing, but the bad thing was that it wasn't the two of them in the alley at the time.

In the corner of the wall not far from them, there were four or five girls about twelve or thirteen years old with their hands and feet tied.

Beside them, stood three strong men who looked like thugs.

This scene, as long as a person with a little brain, can guess with a little thought, this is a human trafficking transaction.

When Ying left, he accidentally stepped on a tree branch, and was immediately discovered by the people in the alley.

In order to prevent Ying's from telling the story, Zhang Qianglin and Feng's mother coerced and lured, and pulled out the banner of Jiang Yingyu, forcing her to join them.

Ying is a selfish person, and there is still money to be earned, so the two of them didn't spend much time talking about her.

It's just that after two years, Ying's belly has not moved, she thinks that she has done too much of this lack of morality, and God can't see it and punish her for not having children. So she wanted to stop.

In addition to this reason, there is also a very important point, because they deceived the Ying clan that there was no one behind them, and the silver allocated to her was getting less and less.

When the Ying clan joined the gang, it was to gag her mouth. Now that she is also involved in this, she is not afraid to say it.

And there is one person less, in addition to the silver from the county order, Feng's mother took out less silver, and Zhang Qianglin got more silver.

As soon as the two put it together, they agreed immediately.

It's just that they never expected that after the loss of Ying's, the girls they could successfully abduct and sell became fewer and fewer.

After Zhang Qianglin and Feng's mother discussed, the two finally decided to continue to pull Ying's into the gang. If she doesn't agree, then coerce and lure. If it doesn't work out again, it's okay to be rough directly......

After listening to Zhang Qianglin's words, Lu Zhukuai and Lu Wenming couldn't come back to their senses for a long time, they never expected that a man who was so timid in their eyes that he didn't even dare to kill a chicken would secretly do such an indiscriminate hookup!

Ruan Yezhen kept staring at Feng's family, and after listening to Zhang Qianglin's words, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in her mind: "What is the relationship between you and Mother Feng of Xiaoyu Pavilion?" ”

Feng subconsciously looked at Ruan Yezhen, his eyes showing surprise.

Xie Jinlan saw that Feng's face was different, and said in a deep voice: "Answer truthfully!" ”

Feng Shifu lowered his head again, and said with some difficulty: "She is the mother of the people's wife, her biological mother. ”

Ruan Yezhen was stunned in an instant, no wonder she felt familiar when she looked at Feng's portrait, there was indeed a five-point resemblance between the eyebrows of their mother and daughter.

Xie Jinlan didn't expect that there was such a thing, and after pondering for a while, he looked at Zhang Qianglin: "When did you and Feng meet, was it before you started trading with Feng's mother, or after." ”

Zhang Qianglin paused, but decided to tell the truth: "The grass people only met this mother-in-law after trading with Feng's mother. If it weren't for knowing Mother Feng, the grass people might never know this mother-in-law. ”

In fact, he knew in his heart that Feng's mother had deliberately let him know Feng. In order to make the relationship between the two stronger.

But so what?

He was not good-looking, and his family was poor. He is just a worthless young man in the Liuxie Inn, how can any girl be willing to marry him?

Feng is petite and delicate, and well-behaved and obedient. He can marry such a mother-in-law without bride price, where would he not be happy?

Xie Jinlan asked again: "How did you and your wife quarrel with the Ying family that night?" ”

The most important and unspeakable secrets have been confessed, where will Zhang Qianglin hide this? Immediately:

"At that time, Ying said that he was unwilling to join us again. The grass people were in a hurry, picked up a small wooden stick on the ground and struck her in the back. ”

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