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said that he was going shopping, but after shopping, he came to the yamen.

In front of the drums of grievances knelt a woman in her forties who was crying, holding a young man in her early twenties, and the young man was dragged by the woman to kneel or stand, but only shouted at the yamen.

Bai Li looked inside on tiptoe, just in time to see the calf maintaining order at the scene, and hurriedly called him to him by name.

"Sister Bai, Mr. Bai, why are you here?"

"When I went out shopping and heard the excitement here, I came to take a look. What's going on, who is this woman? But the young man's mother. cried so much, it wasn't because his son was unfilial and came to Lord Xin for comment. ”

"It's a mother, but it's not biological."

"Stepmother?"

"No, no, no, it's not a stepmother, it's a mother-in-law." Xiao Niu hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "This lady's maiden name is Li, her husband's surname is Wang, she has an only daughter named Jiao Niang, and kneeling next to her is his son-in-law, surnamed Lin, named Lin Zhiyang, who is a landed talent. ”

As he spoke, Xiao Niu also pointed down the steps with his hand, "Sister Bai, can you see the person in dark green clothes, that is Lin Zhiyang's mother, and also the mother of Mrs. Wang, who is kneeling in pain above." This biological son has been torn like this, and the mother can still stand motionless, this Mrs. Lin is also rare and calm. ”

"Rare, indeed."

"At first glance, you don't know the inside story, where is this Mrs. Lin calm, but she is used to seeing such a big scene, so it's not strange." When an onlooker heard their discussion, he didn't even care about the excitement in front of him, and turned around to join them in the discussion. "You don't believe this Lin family's business."

"What's the matter with the Lin family? I've been in Huaxi Town for a long time, so why haven't I heard of this thing related to the Lin family. ”

"It's normal for Mrs. Bai not to know, otherwise, you go back and ask Mr. Bai? This matter of the Lin family, Mr. Bai must be clear. That person obviously recognized Bai Li and his wife, and his eyes fell directly on Bai Ze.

Bai Ze hurriedly said: "Yes, I know, but Madame never asked, so I can't remember to talk about these things." ”

"My husband doesn't like to gossip about other people's affairs." Bai Li squinted and smiled, "Can you bother this sister to tell me what happened to the Lin family, and what is the reason for this crying today." ”

"That's a long way to say." The man sighed: "My husband's surname is Yu, they all call me Sister-in-law Yu, my family and this Lin family are half neighbors." Why do you say half of it, it's because the Lin family later became prosperous, so they moved away from our broken place. ”

"Looking at the dress of Mrs. Lin, it really doesn't look like an ordinary lady, it's not that her son is angry, and he brings blessings to the Lin family."

"Madame Bai is Madame Bai, and you can see the strangeness at a glance." Sister-in-law Yu smiled, reached out and gently slapped Bai Li's arm. Bai Li smiled embarrassedly, and said in his heart, I am not a blind cat and a dead mouse.

According to Sister-in-law Yu, Lin Zhiyang's father and mother belong to the kind of couple whose heart is higher than the sky and whose life is thinner than paper. It's a pity that the husband and wife are tossing and losing something, seeing that the family is about to be ruined, their son Lin Zhiyang has grown up.

The most correct thing that the Lin family and his wife did was to give birth to this son Lin Zhiyang, not only gave birth to him very handsome, but also sent him to a private school to study poetry and books for a few years. Although he didn't get any fame, over the years, he still developed the temperament that only some scholars have.

This Lin Zhiyang, if you just look at his eyebrows, you will feel very similar to his father, and his eyebrows are full of calculation and shrewdness. But because I have been reading books for a few years, I have some bookish air on my face that the Lin couple does not have. If he wears coarse clothes, he will be a down-and-out son who is in the middle of the road, quite aggrieved, and depressed. Put on a brocade dress, and you will be a proper handsome son.

When Lin Zhiyang was sixteen years old, he took a township exam, but he didn't pass it. The child hurt his self-esteem and said that he didn't want to participate anymore, so the Lin couple asked someone to introduce him to the Zeng family's shop as a bookkeeper.

This Zeng family is also a wealthy family in Huaxi Town, and Master Zeng runs three silk villages, and his small life is also prosperous. Master Zeng has a son and a daughter, and his son Zeng Xuan joined the army at a young age, and now he helps the imperial court garrison the border passes, which is not a big general. Daughter Zeng Zhenzhen, gentle and virtuous, is a standard small family jasper.

Because it was her own shop, Zeng Zhenzhen had to go to the shop, and after coming and going, Zeng Zhenzhen, who was 14 years old at the time, fell in love with 17-year-old Lin Zhiyang. The old man and wife of the Zeng family are all open people, and they feel that they are not a rich and noble family, and they do not have any old-fashioned concepts.

This Lin Zhiyang relied on his relationship with Zeng Zhenzhen and suddenly changed from a young man of the Zeng family to a second shopkeeper.

Zeng Zhenzhen and Lin Zhiyang have been married for seven years and have a total of three children, except for the eldest is a daughter, the remaining two are sons. After having a grandson, the Zeng master and his wife handed over the Zeng family's business to their daughter and son-in-law to take care of, and lived a life of teasing their grandson with all their hearts.

But a year ago, the house where Zeng Zhenzhen and Lin Zhiyang lived suddenly caught fire, Zeng Zhenzhen and her three children were all buried in the fire, and Lin Zhiyang, who rushed back from other places when he heard the news, immediately collapsed to the ground. It was a sight that made anyone want to cry along.

Later, the Lin family came forward to bury Zeng Zhenzhen and her three children, and the old man and his wife were also ill because of the pain of losing their daughter. The Zeng family's business and business were renamed and surnamed, and it became the Lin family's industry.

"Even if Miss Zeng is gone, doesn't there still be an eldest son in this Zeng family, why did he give the Zeng family's property to the Lin family?" Bai Li asked curiously.

"This time, Zeng Gongzi is a military general, and his mind is not on business. Second, the old man and his wife of the Zeng family were old and had no thought about doing business, so they transferred the business to their son-in-law Lin Zhiyang. I heard that Lin Zhiyang and Master Zeng wrote a note, and they were willing to transfer part of the income of the shop to the names of Master Zeng and Master Zeng. Although this is a written document, this business is different from leading troops to fight, winning is winning, losing is losing, life is life, death is death. Whether this is a profit or a loss, I'm afraid only Lin Zhiyang can know by himself. ”

Sister-in-law Yu rolled her eyes and said: "I heard that the death of this Miss Zeng Zhenzhen and her three children was not an accident, but was murdered by her husband, that is, Lin Zhiyang." It's a pity that this evidence is insufficient, and the Zeng family has no way to sue the official. In short, this is an unsolved case in our Huaxi Town. ”