Two days have passed, and Xiang Gan has not been found, Bai Haohong and Zhan Xue decided to go to the county government and ask the local people to help find Xiang Gan. Liz asked to go with him, considering that there was no danger at all, so Bai Haohong agreed.

The three of them came to the yamen together, and it happened that the yamen was openly trying the case, and there were many people around the door. Lizi was curious, and said to the two: "The county official is busy, wait for him in the back hall of the yamen to finish his work, it is better to see how the county official decides the case outside." ”

Bai Haohong and Zhan Xue also had this intention, so the three of them squeezed into the crowd.

I saw that in the lobby, there was an old man kneeling on the ground, and the old man said with tears: "Lord Qingtian, the old man's name is Gao Gua, and my daughter died unjustly." I think that back then, Li Baogui, the new champion, fell ill at the door of my house, and was rescued by me, and Huanhuan took good care of him. After he recovered from his illness, he made a private agreement with Huanhuan for the rest of his life, and when I learned of this, I fulfilled them, and they continued to live in my house after they got married. ”

Gao Gua sighed, and then said: "In order to let Li Baogui study and catch the exam, Huanhuan worked day and night, weaving cloth at night, selling cloth during the day, and helping me do farm work in his spare time. Due to overwork, the fetus in the womb was miscarried, but Huanhuan dragged the sick body and still worked to earn money. We saved all the money we earned and gave it to Li Baogui as the travel expenses for the exam. After he won the top prize, we thought we could live a good life, and we looked forward to him coming to take us into Beijing day and night, who knows......"

Speaking of this, Gao Gua couldn't say anything, he wiped a handful of tears, and then continued: "Yesterday, Li Baogui finally came back, we greeted him happily, but I didn't expect that he was about to take a break when he opened his mouth, saying that he was going to take a fancy to him when Taishi Xiang took a fancy to him and wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law. Huanhuan cried and made a fuss, scolding him for having no conscience, he wanted to leave, but Huanhuan didn't let him, so Li Baogui slapped Huanhuan, completely ignoring the love between husband and wife. I wanted to go over to help, but when I saw Huanhuan kneeling down, holding Li Baogui's leg and not letting him go, I couldn't bear to look at it, so I went out. I really shouldn't go out! How do I know that Li Baogui is a brute! ”

When Gao Gua said this, he regretted it, kept beating his chest, and paused for a while before he continued: "I went around a few times outside, and when I came back, I found through the light that the two of them were already in the ring room. I thought that Zhuang Yuanlang had changed his mind, so I went back to sleep in my room. Unexpectedly, when I woke up in the morning, there was no movement at home. On weekdays, Huanhuan had already gotten up to do things, I thought it was strange, and hurriedly went to Huanhuan's house to take a look, and saw that Huanhuan was dead. Master Qingtian, Li Baogui killed my daughter Huanhuan, you have to make the decision for me! ”

Liz burst into tears when she heard it, she couldn't cry, she touched her pocket, found that she didn't bring a handkerchief, and was about to wipe her tears on her sleeve, Bai Haohong hurriedly handed her a handkerchief. Liz took the handkerchief, wiped away her tears, blew her nose again, and then returned it to Bai Haohong, who didn't take it, and said, "You can keep it." ”

At this time, a young man standing next to the old man spoke: "My lord, when I left his house, his daughter Huanhuan was still fine. ”

When Lizi heard this, she immediately understood that that guy must be the champion Li Baogui, and couldn't help asking: "It's really such an ordinary face, just like this, how could Taishi Xiang fall in love with him?" ”

Bai Haohong replied: "This is called 'catching a son-in-law under the list'." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Whenever the list is released, bureaucrats and landlords from all over the country go out early in the morning, vying to choose Xinke Jinshi as their son-in-law, saying that it is a choice, but in fact it is a robbery. Because the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty were high and the rewards they received were also heavy, not only that, but they could also shade their families, and they were privileged official families. During the Zhenzong period, a man named Fan Lingsun won the top spot, and the prime minister immediately married his daughter to him. In order to wait for a man who is on the list, it is really not an easy thing, and later, people began to book, optimistic about a person who may be on the list, so they will settle down first, as long as they are in the middle school, they will get married immediately. This is how the great writer Ouyang Xiu was set by others. As the saying goes: no one asks about the cold window for ten years, and he becomes famous all over the world in one fell swoop. It is the glory of the family for a daughter to marry the champion, and looks are not important. ”

Lizi listened and said: "I really have some sympathy for Master Xiang's daughter, she has become a victim of the glory of the family, and it is better to marry such a person who lacks virtue and conscience than to live alone." ”

Zhan Xue also judged: "Yes, the more this kid looks at it, the uglier he becomes, at the beginning he stood next to him, I didn't know that he was so bad, I didn't think he was so ugly." ”

Because Lizi and the others were standing relatively far back, and the people around them were talking about it again, so many of the words of the county order could not be heard clearly, probably to let the champion tell the details, so Li Baogui continued: "Last night, Huanhuan knelt and didn't let me go, and I didn't move, after all, I was married to her." Later, Huanhuan said that there was something to show me, so I went into her house with Huanhuan. Huanhuan took out the clothes I wore when I fainted in front of her house, and said that she looked at this dress every day, just like I was by her side, and threw herself into my arms as she spoke. I remembered my old love and didn't push her away. Huanhuan said that as long as I don't give her a holiday, she can not go to the capital, she will be my wife here, give birth to children for me, and she doesn't care about my marriage to the daughter of the master in the capital. I think this is going to be done, Master Xiang will never agree. Besides, I have a wife, and I haven't told the Taishi yet, in case Huanhuan goes to the capital to complain, it will be very troublesome, so I want to stabilize her first and let her remarry in the future, so I pretended to be warm with her, and after making love, I left. ”

Liz said indignantly: "What a shame! Huanhuan was so good to him, how could the champion still bear to lie to her. ”

Zhan Xue introduced: "Don't look at Li Baogui as the champion, his reputation in the capital is not very good. Li Baogui borrowed money from many wealthy businessmen, and others saw that he was the champion and the future son-in-law of Xiang Taishi, so they did not hesitate to borrow it at first, but Li Baogui took the money to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and it didn't take long to spend it, and he even had the face to borrow it again. Li Baogui's notoriety soon spread in the capital, and now no one is willing to lend him any more money, and I heard that Xiang Taishi also regrets this family business. Some of Taishi Xiang's opponents have already sent congratulatory gifts in advance, just to see the jokes of the Xiang family. ”

At this time, I listened to the county order and asked: "When you made love to Huanhuan, did you ever choke her neck?" ”

Li Baogui replied: "I want to leave early, how can I have time to touch her neck." ”

"What the official is asking about pinching?"

"Nope."

Zhan Xue listened and said: "Brother Bai, it seems that Huanhuan was strangled to death, do you think it will be the champion who did it?" ”

Bai Haohong was about to answer, when he heard a person shouting loudly: "Okay, you shameless Li Baogui, you have made a marriage with the daughter of the Taishi, and you dare to sleep with others again!" I'm going to make you not see the sun tomorrow! ”

Zhan Xue felt that the sound was familiar, and when she followed the sound, it was really: there was nowhere to find it when she stepped on the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it. The person who shouted was none other than Xiang Gan. Zhan Xue was anxious, and without greeting Bai Haohong, he squeezed towards Xiang Gan, but there were too many people, and when he got closer, Xiang Gan had long since disappeared. Bai Haohong thought that Zhan Xue had gone to find the county order, so he and Lizi stood in place and did not move.