Who are you? ”

Xiao Qinglang didn't answer those people's questions, just glanced at everyone expressionlessly, and finally landed on the buckets held by several people. He sneered and stood around his chest, as if he was waiting for someone from the yamen to come.

Everyone met his unangry and arrogant gaze, and immediately took a step back, and even Sister-in-law Qiu, who had just stirred up three points unreasonably, softened her knees. She shuddered for a moment, and glanced at what the visitor was wearing. Although they didn't bring gold and silver, they looked very different from ordinary people.

Her eyes rolled, and she said in her heart that Chai Laoyu boasted that his daughter had found a rich old man to be his wife, and the old man was still from an official family, could it be true?

But the nobleman who has never appeared has come here at this time, did he hear that Chai Laoyu killed someone and came to withdraw from the marriage?

As soon as she thought of this, she secretly rejoiced in her heart. But just as he was about to provoke a few words in front of the nobles, he was frightened away by the cold eyes of the handsome man.

She didn't dare to run recklessly anymore, but she wanted to see the jokes of the mother and daughter of the Chai family, so after a turn of thought, she hurriedly put down the bucket with a smile and said, "Brother and sister of the Chai family, sister-in-law, I am playing with you." Naturally, you can't buy fish for a penny, so I'll make up for you another fifteen yuan, why can't you be a sister-in-law and make your orphans and widows suffer, right? You said that Brother Chai is really, why can't you think about it so much, but you want to do murder! And it's still poisoning the fish, if you are an outsider, you may have to be afraid that there will be poison hidden in your fish. ”

The rest of the people saw that she suddenly changed their words, and the men and women in front of them looked not like them, so they all found an excuse to either mend the copper plate, or put down the bucket and left in a hurry. There are people who don't give up, and just as they are about to shout, they see the person who looked like a guard who had just left, and sure enough, he came over with two messengers.

Moreover, the errand officer who walked in front was the first head catcher in Jinzhou City.

When the catcher saw Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu, he bowed first. Although he didn't have much friendship with the two of them, he also knew that the case of the tragic death of several people in Lotus Villa was solved by relying on the two people in front of him.

can be the first head catcher in a state city, even if he is more sophisticated, but in his heart he also hopes to ask for the people's life. Therefore, he subconsciously had a little more respect for Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu.

This time, even those who want to be cheeky and bargain have no idea at all. Several people hurriedly talked softly to the mother and daughter of the Chai family, for fear that they would really be taken to the yamen to detain the crime of robbing things.

At this moment, the woman was also a little stunned, holding her daughter's hand in a daze, not knowing what to do. She couldn't even come back to her senses, how could she get the fierce and vicious errand before, and suddenly she was so polite when she changed the two of them.

However, she could see that the young girl who came today had no ill will towards her family.

Sister-in-law Qiu wanted to say something more, but Xiao Xiaoqing frowned solemnly and asked, "Do you still have something?" ”

The words immediately shocked her, hurriedly waved her hand and shook her head, and then staggered away. Oh my God, the man's eyes just now were so terrible that she was in a cold sweat on her back.

After everyone dispersed, it was quiet again. It's just that the originally clean and tidy yard has also become muddy because of the commotion.

Chai Laoyu's wife and goddess were apprehensive, and cautiously walked up to Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu to salute. Perhaps in order to avoid suspicion, the two of them did not look at Xiao Qinglang, who had just made decisions for themselves, but Xu Chu, who was also a woman.

"Thank you, Childe, for your help." The woman cautiously and a little uneasy asked, "I wonder why the two of you came to the humble house?" ”

It can be seen that she should at least be a small jasper before she gets married, so her speech and demeanor are not as casual and rude as ordinary women. On the contrary, it is a little elegant and virtuous.

Xu Chu looked at the bucket that was knocked to the ground, and the fish that were jumping on their own to survive, sighed and squatted down to pick up the fish.

Seeing this, Chai Qiao'er naturally hurriedly stepped forward and packed up.

After the fish were all dealt with, Xu Chucai said: "We are here for the Chai Laoyu case, I wonder if the eldest lady can tell us more in detail?" ”

The woman's originally grateful expression froze after hearing Xu Chu's words, and then said with a wry smile: "What is there to say?" He loves me and Qiao'er, and he is ruthless for a few words, whether we believe it or not, at least now there is no one in the west of the city who does not believe it. ”

As she spoke, she and Chai Qiao'er sent the fish back to the wing. At this time, Xu Chu found that there was still a charcoal fire burning in the wing, and it was even soft, so that it was enough to raise that large pot of fish.

"Raising fish on charcoal fires is ingenious, but it may not be too wasteful." Xu Chu said unintentionally.

"In previous years, it had never been like this, but in the winter of this year, he came back with a pot of peony flowers, saying that he showed Qiao'er a family. That family has a rich background and is a scholar, so it is worth entrusting her daughter for life. And the peony flowers raised in this winter were given to him by the old man to show his sincerity. One is to raise the pot of flowers, and my family wants to make more money, so they raise live fish in the house. ”

Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu followed her line of sight, and saw that there was indeed a peony flower in the corner of the wall. And the bottom of the peony flower has a faint ink color fainting, which is the smoky purple bead plate that only has one in the Song Mansion in the mouth of Mrs. Song.

"This flower ......" Xu Chu glanced at Xiao Qinglang quietly, and when he nodded, he knew that this flower was really as she thought, and it did have a different origin.

Since only Jinzhou Chengzhou sentenced Song Derong to the mansion, it is enough to see its prestige.

According to Mrs. Song, either this flower comes from the Song Mansion, or it flows from Lotus Villa.

After all, when Mrs. Song got this flower, it was also a gift from Jin Manshan.

But no matter what point it is, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Chai Laoyu's family.

Xiao Qinglang saw Xu Chu thinking about it, so he whispered in her ear: "It won't be sent by Lotus Villa, on the day of Jin Manshan's birthday, he once said that all the varieties that were put out were carefully cultivated in his flower house." At that time, Xu was for show, so even if he had been plagued by haunting things for many years and was depressed, he showed a little pride. And among those flowers, there is no smoky purple bead plate. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Later, we passed the flower house of the mountain villa, and I once glanced at it, and there were indeed a few extraordinary bouquets in it, but there were no smoky purple bead plates. ”

Xu Chu knew that he had the ability to never forget, but he didn't expect that when nothing had happened, he could remember those details with a casual glance.

Even if you think you're cautious and meticulous enough, you can't do it.

She took a deep breath, suppressed the admiration in her heart, and then looked at Chai Laoyu's wife and daughter again.

"I always say that he must have been deceived, even if he is capable in the west of the city, but it is not worth mentioning at all to deal with the lord of a rich family. Even if we value our daughters anymore, we have never had the heart to climb high. But within a few days, he made a birthday eight-character, saying that it was the master's eight-character, and at that time he also specially got the blind Sun outside the alley where to merge with the eight-character of my Qiao'er, saying that it was good luck. ”

The so-called combination of eight characters is calculated according to the year, month, day, hour and genus of the two parties, in order to check whether they are born and restrained each other, or whether the combination of the two is auspicious. In the era when most of the things about marriage are the words of the matchmaker of the parents, the combination of eight characters has almost become the most important part of the entire marriage process, or an opportunity.

Xu Chu's eyes moved slightly, and he groaned a little and asked tentatively: "I don't know the person's eight characters, do you still keep them?" ”

Later, the person did ask her father to reply to the post of the eight characters of his birthday, saying that he was not cautious enough, and he had to ask the master to do it again. However, because Qiao'er's father privately asked Sun Blind to calculate it, he copied a copy, so it can be regarded as still kept. ”

It can be seen that Chai Laoyu really loves his wife, so that she has never behaved like the mother-in-law in the west of the city. Moreover, the whole person was a little simple and indifferent, which made Xu Chu have a natural good impression.

Perhaps it was because of gratitude to Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang for their liberation, Chai Laoyu's wife did not delay, turned her head and ordered her daughter to go back and find a handkerchief from under her kang quilt. When Qiao'er got it back, she opened it carefully, and it was the result of the eight characters given by Sun Blind.

When Chai Qiao'er handed the paper with eight characters on it to Xu Chu, she couldn't help but lower her head, with a little shame and twisting. However, she was relieved to see that Xu Chu had kind eyes and his words did not mean anything contemptuous.

Xu Chu took the eight characters and saw that it was written that the man's birthday was the third quarter of the eighth day of the third month of the second year of the Apocalypse.

She pinched the thin piece of paper and stared at it intently, as if she were about to burn a hole in it. She is no stranger to this birthday character, and she has even seen it many times.

But it was obviously impossible for that person to marry a wife, so how could he allow someone to marry?

Xiao Qinglang glanced at her lightly, stretched out his hand to pull out the thin paper, and said after a while: "It turned out to be him." ”

Before leaving, Xu Chu also deliberately glanced outside the door, but saw a few women who were probing their brains looking over here. Obviously, they want to see the Chai family's mother and daughter make a fool of themselves, and then ridicule them again.

Inexplicably, she remembered a difficult time with her father. At that time, she had not yet grown up, and her father's reputation for autopsy had not yet spread, so she was often discriminated against and excluded. It seems that if you don't show a discriminatory attitude towards her and her father, you will be contaminated with bad luck.

Thinking of this, she hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around and said loudly: "Auntie, Qiao'er, you go back first, if there is trouble in the future, just let people go to the yamen to hunt for Brother Kuai." After speaking, she looked at the catcher who had been following Xiao Qinglang, and continued, "Brother Li is a righteous man, and he has always looked down on those bullying masters. ”

Chai Laoyu's wife and daughter looked at each other, and waved their hands again and again at a loss.

It was Li Zhukuai, I don't know if it was because he pitied the mother and daughter of the Chai family or if he was really a little bloody, so he nodded and patted his chest in response.

In this way, Chai Laoyu's wife and daughter are even more grateful, but they are a little flattered. Obviously, they are not stupid people, and they know the reason for the words and actions of the woman in front of them.