As soon as He Changsheng walked outside the courtyard of the Nie family, he heard a soft and glutinous child's voice, "Mother, you quickly take me to play with Brother Changsheng." ”

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and a warm smile appeared on his pale and emaciated face, and he knocked lightly on the door, only to hear a shout "coming" from inside, and a girl in a red jacket appeared in front of him, followed by a plump young woman with a silver face.

The girl was about three years old, white and tender, with big eyes flickering on her red face. Further up, two pigtails were upturned towards the sky, tied with two pink headbands, and with her movements, the hairbands were tossed and turned like two flying pink butterflies.

"Brother Changsheng." Seeing him, the girl happily opened her hands to him.

Seeing this, the young woman squatted down and whispered softly to the girl, "Manman has grown up, and he can't let his elder brother hold him anymore." ”

The girl named Manman pursed her mouth and lowered her arms in disappointment. He Changsheng said to the young woman: "Aunt Nie, I'll hold it full." ”

The young woman, Yan Niang, shook her head, "This girl is a little heavier, and it is a little difficult for me to hold it, so let her go by herself." ”

Hearing her say this, He Changsheng no longer insisted, he knew that Aunt Nie was for his good, he had been weak and sickly since he was a child, and his physical strength was really not as good as that of children of the same age.

"Manman, Brother Changsheng will lead you away." He said as he held out his right hand to her.

Man Man hurriedly put his chubby little hand on his hand, He Changsheng took her towards Jiang's house not far away, and Yan Niang followed after locking the door.

Today is Jiang Yucheng's big day, a few days ago, Jiang Yucheng's three-year wife and filial piety had just ended, Jiang's mother asked someone to tell him a kiss, the woman was Ge Fangniang, the daughter of Ge Xiucai in Lingjiang Town.

The reason why Jiang's mother agreed to her son marrying this Ge Fangniang was because she took a fancy to Xiucai's ability to raise children. In addition to Ge Fangniang, the eldest daughter, Ge Xiucai and his wife also have four sons under their knees.

Of the four sons, the eldest was thirteen years old and the youngest was nine. Half of the eldest son eats the poor old man, after Ge Xiucai won Xiucai, he slowly saved some family funds, but who knew that after raising a series of sons, not only did the family eat nothing, but even the bundles earned by opening a private school had to be carefully calculated to be able to be chewed by a large family.

Ge Fangniang reached the age of marriage, and Ge Xiucai and his wife couldn't even get together a decent dowry, but fortunately, Jiang's mother didn't care about this, she just wanted to marry her son a wife who was healthy and good to raise. Yan Niang thought of Ge Fangniang's thin and short appearance, and couldn't help but wonder if she could fulfill Jiang's mother's three-year expectation.

The magistrate of Yucheng County married a wife, many squires and rich people came uninvited, plus the villagers of Jiangjia Village who came to congratulate and the neighbors of Lingjiang Town, the whole Jiang family was full of guests and lively.

In the hall, Jiang Mugao sat on the chair of the Eight Immortals, looking at this lively scene, smiling from ear to ear, after waiting for three years, she finally waited for this day.

"The bride has come back." At this time, I don't know who shouted, and the guests gathered towards the door, and everyone wanted to see the demeanor of the groom with their own eyes.

Jiang Yucheng was dressed in a red wedding dress, riding a tall horse and approached slowly, and when he arrived at the door, he turned over and dismounted, and thanked the guests who came to congratulate him with a smile.

At this time, the sedan chair drivers gently put down the sedan chair, and the bride asked Jiang Yucheng to kick the sedan door, and Jiang Yucheng did as she said. The bride said a few auspicious words, and then lifted the curtain to help the bride, but there was no movement inside.

The crowd of onlookers quieted down, and the bride laughed when she saw this: "The bride is too shy." ”

As he spoke, he looked inside.

"Dead man, dead man." Xi Niang was so frightened that she kept screaming.

Looking at the bride with a face like gold paper, Jiang Yucheng's face changed greatly, he quickly opened the sedan curtain, only to see Ge Fangniang leaning crookedly against the wall of the sedan chair, with a pair of scissors stuck in her chest, and the blood flowed down the wedding dress to the sedan chair, and a dark red flower bloomed under her feet.

He stretched out his hand and probed at Ge Fangniang's nostrils, but there was no breath, and it seemed that he was hopeless.

On the wedding day, the bride died tragically in the sedan chair, and the accident came unexpectedly, Jiang Yucheng, as the groom's official and the magistrate of Yucheng, immediately dismissed the guests and called for an autopsy.

When she heard that the bride had died in a sedan chair, she suddenly felt black and fainted. As soon as she fainted, the hall also became panicked, but fortunately, Dr. Liu was present today, and after he gave Jiang's mother a few injections, she woke up leisurely.

After waking up, Jiang's mother cried bitterly: "Why is my son so miserable, and the day of great joy is unexpected..."

Yun Shi comforted: "Sister Guo, you have to take care of yourself, Jiang Zhixian wants to solve the case, and you still need to call the shots in this family." ”

Leng Ruru said with red eyes: "Uncle, the good people are gone, and the Ge family doesn't know how to make trouble, you must not have anything, otherwise..."

Hearing this, Mother Jiang gradually stopped crying, and she asked Leng Ruru: "Is someone from the Ge family here?" ”

Leng Ruru said: "Ge Xiucai's mother fainted when she heard the news, Ge Xiucai was also drunk and unconscious, the Ge family eldest took his younger brothers to guard his father, only a few elders of the Ge family clan came over. ”

"Lift me up." Mother Jiang struggled to get up, "If something like this happens, you can't leave people dry." ”

In the hall, the white-haired Third Lady Ge sat with a gloomy face, and next to him stood two middle-aged men in their forties, with anger and grief on their faces, these two were Ge Fangniang's second and third cousins. The big day turned into a tragedy, and no one in the Ge family believed that such a thing would happen.

Jiang's mother was helped out by Leng Ruru and Yun's family, and Uncle Ge Ertang rushed up to her to theorize, and Jiang's mother couldn't help but take two steps back. He Wencai hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "The two elders are angry, let's sit down and talk about anything." ”

"What are you talking about when everyone is dead, my good daughter of the Ge family was killed before she entered your door, you must give us an explanation today." Uncle Ge Ertang raised his eyebrows and said angrily.

Leng Ruru's face changed, and she said loudly: "My cousin is investigating the case, and when the murderer is caught, he will naturally give you an explanation." ”

Uncle Ge wanted to say something, but he heard Uncle Ge San cough, and he was pulled back by Uncle Ge Santang.

Third Master Ge's face tightened, as if a layer of paste had been brushed on it, and his gaze skimmed over Leng Ruru's face, and finally fell on Jiang Mu.

"Old Mrs. Jiang, the child has no form, and the old man apologizes for him." He opened his mouth and said: "Today is the day of great joy for the Jiang Ge family, who knew that such a tragedy happened, my niece and granddaughter will be the same age as the flower, and I, as an elder, also feel sad." ”

Mother Jiang wiped her tears and nodded: "What the old lady said is that although Fang Niang did not enter my Jiang family, she was also my daughter-in-law who was personally selected, and now that she is gone, I am also very uncomfortable." ”

After speaking, he said earnestly: "If the Ge family has any requests, as long as I can agree, I will definitely agree." ”

Leng Ruru was about to stop her, but she signaled her not to act rashly. Jiang's mother felt ashamed, she always felt that Ge Fangniang's death was related to this marriage, and she was afraid that it was really her son who killed her.

What Mrs. Ge was waiting for was this, and he said what he meant: "Fang Niang was personally picked up by Jiang Zhixian from the Ge family, although she hasn't visited the church yet, but she is also a member of your Jiang family, so I hope you can choose another auspicious time, welcome Fang Niang into the door, and then choose a daughter from my Ge family to marry." In this way, Fang Niang will not become an ownerless soul, and the in-law relationship between Jiang Ge and the two families can also survive. ”

Everyone was stunned, Ge Fangniang was already dead, wouldn't welcoming her into the door let Jiang Yucheng marry a dead man? Besides, Ge Fangniang just died, and the Ge family immediately married a daughter, this matter is not only unacceptable to blood relatives like Jiang's mother and Leng Ruru, but even the Yun family, an outsider, feels that the Ge family is a little unkind.

Leng Ruru couldn't help but be angry, and said sarcastically: "I thought you really regretted the younger generation, but I didn't expect it to be such a dirty idea, Fang Niang's bones are not cold, you want to let the sisters in the clan marry in, and you are not afraid that Fang Niang will die without turning a blind eye." ”

Hearing this, Third Lady Ge changed color, "I am talking to Old Madam Jiang, and I don't have the right for you to intervene." ”

Leng Ruru snorted coldly: "Mrs. Jiang is my aunt, Jiang Zhixian is my cousin, I was raised by my aunt since I was a child, and I treat my cousin as my own brother, you forced my aunt and deceived my cousin, why can't I refute it?" On the contrary, you, as the head of a clan, don't want to avenge your relatives, but are greedy for profit, flies and dogs, and you are not afraid of ruining the reputation of the Ge family. ”

Being pointed at his nose and scolded, Mrs. Ge Sanye was so angry that his face turned red, he opened his eyes angrily, the green tendons in the corners of his forehead bulged one by one with the rough breath, he just said the word "you", and then his body slowly fell backwards.

"Daddy."

"Daddy."

The two cousins of the Ge family hurriedly rushed forward to support him, and the second cousin of Ge said hatefully: "If my father has three long and two short, I will not let you go." ”

"Even if your Jiang family has a county, my Ge family is not easy to mess with. The conditions that my father just proposed, you had better agree to it immediately, otherwise don't blame my Ge family for being ruthless. Uncle Ge Santang threatened.

I don't know where he got the confidence, of course Leng Ruru was not convinced, but was just about to open his mouth but was pulled aside by He Wencai, "Don't fight with him, the Ge family sent a daughter to the Pingwang Mansion as a concubine, I heard that she is quite favored, if it really annoys them, it is Zirun who suffers." "And the He family.

Leng Ruru's heart tightened, she had already offended people, what if the Ge family really took revenge on her cousin for this? Thinking of this, the anger just now was gone, and only fear and worry remained.

Seeing that Leng Ruru was afraid, Uncle Ge Santang said again: "The Ge family is willing to marry another daughter because they can afford the Jiang family, if you are not interested, it is not clear whether the black gauze hat on Jiang Yucheng's head can be kept." ”

He looked at Jiang Mu and Leng Ruru triumphantly, with unconcealed contempt in his eyes.

"The black gauze hat on my head is not up to your Ge family to worry about." At this time, Jiang Yucheng came in from outside and interrupted Uncle Ge Santang loudly, "Ge Fangniang's matter, when the case is settled, I will give you an explanation." But I will never agree to marry the daughter of the Ge family again. ”

The voice fell, and he said to He Wencai: "Brother-in-law, send off guests." ”