"No, uncle, I didn't hurt him, I didn't know that the spider in there was a living creature, I just wanted to give Xiao Lang a gift as a souvenir, and I would never pester him again from now on, but I didn't expect ......"

"It's not that our Xiao family doesn't want to accept you, who let you lose your innocence in the land of fireworks, our Xiao family is also a very famous family, how can we marry you into the door...... You are bent on marrying Shan'er, and you don't want to be a concubine, where do you want to put our Xiao family? ”

Lin Zhiruo and Qin Zimo were suddenly a little surprised when they heard this, Yan Yan and the Xiao family actually have a relationship?

Lin Zhiruo stepped forward to greet Master Xiao, and then asked him: "Master Xiao, forgive the juniors for taking the liberty to ask, what is the relationship between Ling Lang and this Yanyan girl?" ”

Master Xiao shook his head, sighed and said to Lin Zhiruo: "Yan Yan's father is a fellow villager and friend of the old man, and in the early years, the old man made a marriage contract for the two of them, and agreed that the two children would become husband and wife when they became adults. Later, the old man came to the capital to do business, settled here and accumulated the family business, and the Xiao family's business became more and more prosperous, and he never returned to his hometown......"

"Three years ago, the old man received a letter from an old friend, saying that he had been in bed for several months, and he expected that his life would be short, so he had to beg the old man to take care of his wife and daughter who left him in the world, and the old man immediately replied to the letter......

"The two of them sold their family wealth to raise money and rushed to the capital, but they suddenly encountered gangsters on the way, and the mother and daughter were both sold into slavery, and later they flowed into the land of fireworks like Jinfeng Yuan......

If Lin Zhi understands it, it is the Xiao family and Yan Yan's parents who made a marriage contract for Yan Yan and Xiao Yueshan, and later regretted the marriage because Yan Yan's identity was not innocent, Yan Yan stayed in Jinfeng Yuan in a fit of anger and refused to leave, unless the Xiao family married her, she was willing to get out, but she didn't expect the Xiao family to rely on her to be a slave in Jin Feng Yuan, and she didn't care about it, so that Yan Yan was forced by life to become a wine girl.

"Master Xiao, this is not right, who said that doing things in Jinfeng Yuan is not innocent? Could it be that she is willing to fall into the land of fireworks? You promised her father to take care of their mother and daughter, but afterwards changed your mind and found an excuse to repent of the marriage, is this kind of behavior very innocent? ”

Lin Zhiruo's words made Master Xiao quite unhappy, and he immediately said: "Although our Xiao family is not an official noble, but in the capital there is still some reputation, if people know that my mountain is going to marry an innocent girl from Jinfeng Yuan as a wife, how can the Xiao family stand firm in the future, this adult really doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks!" ”

Lin Zhiruo glanced at Qin Zimo and said indifferently: "Master Xiao looks down on the woman who came out of Jin Fengyuan like this, so I think Master Xiao is also very disdainful of the prince marrying Miss Xue?" ”

Only then did Master Xiao react, there was a lady married by Jin Fengyuan in the family of the living king of Hell next to him, and he immediately hurriedly apologized to Qin Zimo, "The old man didn't mean to compromise the identity of the side concubine, the prince forgives the sin!" ”

Qin Zimo glanced at Lin Zhiruo indifferently, and only said coldly to Yan Yan: "Did Young Master Xiao be murdered and killed by you, and answer this king truthfully." ”

Yan Yan knelt there quietly, her calloused hands clasped tightly together, so hard that she was almost bloodless.

"Back to the prince, the slave is really wronged, I have a deep affection for Brother Xiao, how can I bear to kill him with my own hands?" Yan Yan said with a crying voice, and tears flowed from her red apricot eyes.

"Where did the crystal pendant you gave Young Master Xiao come from, and what happened to the poison in it?" Qin Zimo continued to ask her.

"The pendant was bought by a slave from a merchant in Xiliang, and I paid for it after I had clearly inspected it, but I don't know why there was such an accident...... Ask the prince to see clearly, the slave really doesn't know that the spider in the pendant is poison, and she doesn't really want to harm Brother Xiao! ”

Yan Yan kowtowed again and again to shout grievances, and the appearance of tears made Lin Zhiruo feel distressed when she saw it, she walked up to stop Yan Yan from continuing to kowtow, and asked her: "Why did you send such a pendant to Xiao Gongzi?" ”

Yan Yan looked up at Lin Zhiruo, bit her lower lip and said: "Brother Xiao likes Xiliang Crystal, I will spend all I like to buy it and give him this, just hope that he will think of me when he sees this pendant in the future, remember me, and don't forget me......"

"My lord, please prove my innocence, I really didn't know that the poisonous spider in there was alive, and I didn't know that it could poison people, my lord......" Yan Yan took Lin Zhiruo's hand and begged her to avenge her.

"Where did you get this pendant?" Lin Zhiruo squatted down, looked directly into Yan Yan's eyes, and asked seriously.

"Just on the street to the east, a black-clothed Xiliang man set up a stall to sell Xiliang objects, I saw that this pendant was beautiful, so I wanted to buy it and give it to Brother Xiao......"

"Really?" Lin Zhiruo stared at her eyes tightly and said in a deep voice: "I have passed by that street many times, why have I never seen the Xiliang people you said, nor any crystal pendants?" ”

Yan Yan's eyes were a little evasive, "I, I saw it more than ten days ago, and I discussed with Xiliang people that I would pay the money in Jinfeng Yuan the day before yesterday and deliver the goods with one hand, and he would not set up a stall on the street recently......"

Lin Zhiruo then asked her, "How much money did you spend to buy this pendant?" ”

"Thirty taels of silver, this is all my silver......" she replied neatly.

"If I'm not mistaken, I only get one or two pieces of silver for a drink, and you have a lot of expenses in Jinfeng Yuan, and you also have to take care of your sick mother, how did you accumulate so much silver in less than two months?"

Lin Zhiruo's words made Yan Yan stunned for a moment, in order to hide her weakness, Yan Yan turned her face away, and said miserably: "I did accompany guests to drink in the past, but I have been receiving customers for nearly a month, and these are all the personal money that the guests gave me privately......"

Lin Zhiruo turned Yan Yan's face and asked her again, and asked her: "I heard that Jin Fengyuan's mother hates her daughter the most for spending money for her benefactor, but anyone who dares to give money to a benefactor must be a good beating." Speaking of which, Xiao Gongzi should also be regarded as your benefactor, do you dare to spend all your savings to buy a pendant for Xiao Gongzi, are you not afraid of being punished? ”

Yan Yan shook her head with tears in her eyes, "I just hope that Brother Xiao will remember me, it doesn't matter if I don't beat him or not, I can't marry him as a wife, I have nothing to love, where am I afraid of punishment?" ”

"What an infatuation." Lin Zhiruo stood up and asked Yanyan again: "Your brother Xiao is now back in the ground, what are you going to do?" ”

"If it weren't for my sick mother to serve me, I would have gone with Brother Xiao!" Yan Yan's eyes were resolute and did not hesitate.

Lin Zhiruo turned around and said to Qin Zimo: "Since this pendant was sold by Xiliang people, and the spider was also put by Xiliang people, if you want to catch it, you should arrest the Xiliang person who sold the crystal pendant for trial, Miss Yanyan is so infatuated with Xiao Gongzi, how can she be the murderer of him?" The prince can immediately send someone to search for the black-clothed Xiliang man to interrogate, maybe there will be a surprise! ”