Chapter 155: The Man in Love
Zhou Dalang's daughter-in-law told the story, let her quibble in every way, and shirked everything, and everyone also heard it clearly, saying that it was Zhou's fornication, but in fact, Zhou Dalang sold his sister-in-law for twenty taels of silver, and the widower was afraid that Zhou's would escape, so he discounted her legs.
Mingyue breathed a long sigh of relief, and Liu's murder charge was completely removed, and there was no need to worry about the villagers buzzing around like a swarm of flies.
Sure enough, Cheng Hongluo breathed a sigh of relief unexpectedly, and glanced at Liu warmly, at this time, Liu's eyes were already wide in shock, his eyes were full of tears, if the pearl-like gargle fell, looking at Zhou's eyes, there was no resentment, but infinite sympathy, it turned out that Zhou's leg was really broken, it was forced to be discounted by men, what a crime she had to suffer in the past six months!
Zhou's body had been shaken into chaff, and her eyes didn't dare to look at Han Lin and his son, she thought about returning to them day and night, she was afraid that Zhao Ergou's matter would not be forgiven by Han Lin, and now with the addition of an unbearable widower, she would be guilty of death.
Zhou stumbled to his feet, his eyes filled with indescribable despair, and slammed straight into the waist-thick pillar two steps away from him.
Liu was the closest to her, and when she saw Zhou's desperate eyes, she suddenly recalled Zhou's eyes before jumping into the river half a year ago, and her heart suddenly sudden, before Zhou hit the pillar, she threw herself into a slam and blocked Zhou's front with her body, but her back was hit on the pillar instead, and she collapsed on the ground softly, her face was pale, and she was not in pain.
Zhou sat on the ground, hugged his head and cried in despair, pointed at Liu and scolded: "Liu Xiuxiu, don't be a good person!! If you're kind, you should let me come back!" I am a wife, you are a concubine! We're sisters like we used to be!! Now it's okay, my broken body, my husband dislikes it, and even my maternal brother blames me for not being able to sell silver, what face do I have to live in this world!! ”
With tears in his eyes, Han Xing glanced at Liu and Mingyue guiltily, stepped forward, stretched out his hand to pick up Zhou, and said in a low voice: "Mother, let's go home!"
Zhou was stunned, he didn't say anything for a long time, and looked at Han Lin in a blink of an eye, Han Lin's tiger eyes were rare red, and his eyes were reluctant, before the trial, he naively thought that he would enjoy the blessings of Qi people, but he didn't expect things to take a big turn.
Han Lin even began to regret that when the Zhou family returned, he shouldn't have believed Zhou's words, thinking that the Liu family pushed the Zhou family, but it was difficult to recover the water, he and the Liu family, I was afraid that if this short dawn on the horizon, with the appearance of the radiant sun, this short fate would be dissipated, and the two of them would return to the bridge from now on, and the road would return to the road, like strangers.
Zhou's eyes were red, and he knelt down in front of Cheng Hongluo with a plop, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Cheng, it's not a pity for the folk woman to lie and deceive the adult, but this matter has nothing to do with the folk woman's husband, even if the Liu family can't marry into the Han family, I implore the lord to judge the Liu family and return all the Han family's silver spent!! The one hundred taels of silver that Yin Mingyue spent were all the silver of my Han family, and they all had to be returned!! ”
It's the first time I've ever seen someone who is so ungrateful!! Mingyue really doesn't know whether she should laugh or cry, isn't this equivalent to a boyfriend and girlfriend falling apart, and a man's small belly and chicken intestines asking for silver? This must be because the Zhou family has a will to die, and wants to help his son and Xianggong get back the silver, so as not to be lost.
Mingyue pinched her fingers, thinking seriously as if she was a rookie who was ready to prepare for the scientific examination, and she looked like an old tent in the account room, frowning and calculating for a long time before nodding and saying: "Lord Hui, the folk girl has roughly calculated, since Mingyue remembers, the father and son of the Han family have sent ten pheasants to my family, nine with hair and one with skin; five hares, all skinned; When Uncle Han went to the county seat to sell prey, I asked him to help carry two needles and two pennies; a board of black lines, three pennies; A bamboo curtain, five cents...... Because the amount of money was small every time, Uncle Han said that he didn't ask for anything; Oh, and also, Uncle Han gave my mother a wooden hairpin, which was later taken away by my eldest aunt, and I can ask for it back or fold it into silver; Han Xing gave me a red handkerchief, which I accidentally burned, and I could buy it back or fold it into silver; In addition, Uncle Han has helped my family fetch firewood and water every day since the date of the engagement, and if it is calculated at 20 yuan a day for long-term work, it will be about 700 or 800 yuan of silver..... Combined with the dowry silver, it should be seventeen taels of silver and two hundred and fifty-six dollars......"
Every time Mingyue calculates an account, the faces of the Han family and his son turn white, and every time he adds a sum of silver, Cheng Hongluo's eyelids unconsciously jump, nodding and secretly praised: This Yin Mingyue is really learning and using it now, Wei Zhixing helped investigate the case, and calculated all the expenses of the Zhou family in all aspects, and did not let go of a little trace; I have learned from each other, and the few people who interrogated the Zhou family were also interrogated in detail, which made the Zhou family confused and had to tell the truth; This Yin Mingyue is even worse, not a single copper plate of the silver that has been spent on the Han family will fall, and there is a posture that the blue is better than the blue.
And Wei Zhixing, the "master" who taught Yin Mingyue and Cheng Hongluo, the two "apprentices", was comfortably crossing Erlang's legs, sipping tea, enjoying the farce-like performance, and the corners of his mouth were about to rise to the sky!!
And Li Fang, who has always been nonsensical, smiled even more heartily, holding chopsticks in his hand, rhythmically beating the melody, and his mood looked good.
Mingyue smacked her mouth, calculated the last account, and said with a smile: "Aunt Zhou, I also calculated the expenses I gave to the Han family, each person has three sets of cotton clothes, three sets of coats, two sets of luggage, four pairs of shoes, no, five pairs, and a pair of my mother has not had time to send it over, all of them are high-quality cloth, new cotton, and the bows and arrows sent are not counted as silver, only these clothes are folded into silver, which is far more than twenty taels, and this does not care about whether the sold tiger should belong to the Han family or the Yin family." ”
Zhou's eyes turned red and said, "Blood spurts!" If it weren't for Han Lang's ability to hunt tigers, how could you have so much silver?! What noble garments and shoes cost twenty taels of silver? I was sold by my eldest brother for twenty taels! You must be a slanderer! Who is your silver that is not Han Lang's? The Su family? Or the Hai family, the Song family, and the Zhao family? If you don't say it, it proves that you are greedy for the Han family's silver, or this matter is not seen at all! Who's the man behind that?! You get him to come forward!! ”
The more Zhou said, the more unpleasant it became, and she was already hysterical, maybe she herself was not doing well, and she would not allow others to live well for half a point.
Mingyue frowned, stared at the Zhou family in disgust, and said, "I said that I got it from the Han family, do Uncle Han and Brother Han Xing dare to agree?" ”
Zhou looked at Han Lin in disbelief, Han Lin's face was already as red as blood, I don't know if he was angry or anxious, he was already panting.
Cheng Hong slapped the startled wood slightly, and Zhou was silenced, but his eyes were still staring at Liu aggressively.
Cheng Hongluo's face was solemn, and he said to Han Lin like a cloud: "The crux of this case has been solved, the Zhou family has defiled the Liu family, and the reputation of the Liu family has been damaged. The Han family spent more than 20 taels of silver on the Liu family, and the original amount was returned within three days. ”
Han Lin knelt on the ground, which can be regarded as admitting punishment.
Cheng Hongluo turned to Zhou again, and said coldly: "Zhou, the wife follows the husband, you are a woman, not only deceived her husband's family, but also had a relationship with others. Remembering that you were sold by your brother, you ran away many times, and even broke your leg, the official only sentenced you to be tied to the ancestral hall of Xiangyang Village for three days and three nights, and was spit on by the villagers. As for whether the Han family will accept you as a Han family wife in the future, it is up to the Han clan to decide. ”
After judging the Zhou family, it happened that the officials dragged Zhou Dalang and his son back to the hall like a dead dog, looking at Zhou Dalang with bloodstained buttocks, the corners of Cheng Hongluo's mouth couldn't help but rise: "Zhou Dalang, as a member of the Zhou family, selling the Han family's wife privately, his heart should be punished, and his behavior should be punished, remembering that you are the eldest brother of the Zhou family, drag it out and play another fifty boards, and return the twenty taels of the income to the Han family within three days!" ”
Zhou Dalang, who was screaming in pain, was suddenly dumbfounded, and he couldn't even scream anymore, his buttocks, which were already skinny, were already full of flesh, and then hit fifty boards, it is estimated that he will really blow up, and he will not be able to make a good deal for half a year.
A farce finally came to an end, Liu's murder charge was removed, and his relationship with Han Lin came to an end.
What is left for the villagers of Xiangyang is more questions, such as the sudden explosion of the huge wealth of the Liu family, which has always been an unsolved mystery, and the adult Cheng does not ask for accountability, and naturally there is no reason for others to interrogate, and Yin Mingyue is even more focused on himself, never telling the source of the money, which makes the confused things even more confusing.
Jiang Du gave Mr. Li an apologetic salute, and was about to leave with the red peony, but Luo Ping had already stepped forward, handed a golden hairpin of good color to the red peony and said: "Red peony, this is the latest hairpin style that I entrusted someone to bring back from the capital, named Phoenix San nodded, there is no woman in Chaoyang County to wear it, I will only give you one person, you will be able to wear it to dominate the crowd." ”
Red Peony's originally sunny face suddenly shook, and her body naturally leaned towards Jiang Dusk, and said coldly: "Luo Guanren, Red Peony has been ready to redeem herself, and Jiang Gongzi will be the 'double flyer of the south and the north of the world' from now on, and the Chanjuan beauty who 'only envy the mandarin ducks and not the immortals' is no longer the beautiful lady in the Goolan Courtyard, and I hope that the officials will be self-respecting." ”
Luo Ping's face was embarrassed, the hairpin in his hand was not handed over, nor was he handed it over, he was embarrassed to hold it in front of Red Peony, but he was unwilling to give up the last trace of hope and said: "Red Peony, you can't bear to chase me here and refuse me again?" Although Luo is not full of experience, his love for you is indestructible. ”
Red Peony glanced at Jiang Du nervously, the suave man's face was not obvious, but his eyes were obviously impatient.
The red peony "snapped" and knocked down the golden hairpin, his face was swollen red, and he said angrily: "Luo Guanren, I and Jiang Gongzi are already 'a little clear', don't do this face-hurting thing, you and Jiang Gongzi are comparable to the sun, moon and glowing fire, you have thousands of family wealth, and the love of Jiang Gongzi's 'one life and one couple' is as deep as the sea." ”
After saying that, Red Peony had already pulled Jiang Du and left in a hurry, for fear that Luo Ping would say something more meaty and make Jiang Duan unhappy.
Luo Ping lowered his head with a sad expression, and carefully picked up the golden hairpin, the originally golden and colorful tassels were stained with dust, and he wiped it lightly with his hands, and the dust was blown by the wind again, as if it was blown into Luo Ping's eyes, and it turned red, as if he was the most infatuated man in the world who suffered from love, and caused the women around him to cry of sympathy.