Xiao Chen wanted to refute it, but Xu Junze grasped his pain point, that is, he had married someone else, and he could no longer get close to Lin Shuran as before.

The two men were arguing, and Lin Shuran, who was sitting on the side, pretended not to understand what they were saying, and obediently lowered his head, as if he was very innocent.

"Sister Shu Ran, you painted this portrait?" Xiao Chen still didn't change his name for Lin Shuran, he took out a portrait from his arms for Lin Shuran to see.

Lin Shuran looked up and saw that it was the portrait of Xiaohuzi she had drawn, but why was this portrait in Xiao Chen's hands?

"That's right, this is what I painted, but how did this portrait get into your hands?" The big shopkeeper has always been a strict-mouthed person, could it be that Xiao Chen knew it from his mouth?

Seeing Lin Shuran admitting, Xiao Chen asked: "I see that this portrait is your technique, but why are you looking for this little beggar in the painting?" ”

Lin Shuran told him that the little beggar Xiaohuzi in the painting was Xu Minghao's good friend, but now Xu Minghao couldn't find him, and Xu Junze didn't allow him to go out, so she helped him find this friend, and then she asked Xiao Chen if Xiaohuzi was in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Xiao Chen nodded, and he said to Lin Shuran: "Luo Wenxuan's youngest daughter Luo Juanjuan was killed in the mansion a few days ago, when this beggar named Xiaohuzi was at the scene of the crime, he said that he just went in to steal things, and did not kill anyone, but he had the murder weapon in his hand to kill Luo Juanjuan, but he refused to say anything, I heard that someone was looking for him, I wanted to come and ask for clues." ”

Lin Shuran told Xiao Chen that although Xu Minghao and Xiaohuzi were friends, he followed him to live in the grange more than a month ago, and he followed him back to the city because Xu Mingye was injured, and he has been looking for Xiaohuzi's whereabouts since then, so it has nothing to do with this murder.

Even if Lin Shuran didn't say it, Xiao Chen had always known her whereabouts, and even knew that she was with Xu Junze's stepsons during this time, he felt very guilty and felt sorry for Lin Shuran, if he had married her earlier, she would not have married a fatherless, motherless and family background like Xu Junze, let alone be a stepmother of thirteen children.

Seeing that Xiao Chen had asked clearly, Xu Junze got up and asked people to send off guests, although he was an official in the same dynasty, but Xu Junze did not have much contact with other officials except for getting closer to the emperor, and usually stayed in the barracks most of the time.

After sending Xiao Chen away, Lin Shuran thought that Xu Junze would ask her about the relationship with Xiao Chen, but Xu Junze only left her with a cold and arrogant back and left, opening his mouth, as if there was nothing to explain to him, and he had to go back to his courtyard.

After going back, Lin Shuran thought about it and decided to tell Xu Minghao about Xiaohuzi, but Xu Minghao seemed very excited after hearing it, and repeatedly said that Xiaohuzi could not kill people at all.

"Little Tiger is very timid, he can't kill people at all! It must be someone from the criminal department who wronged him! Xu Minghao was anxiously pacing in front of Lin Shuran, and even yelled that he wanted to go to the criminal department to meet someone.

"Old Seven, you calm down first, Xiaohuzi's matter is not something that you can participate in as a child, this is a murder case in the capital, the people from the Criminal Department will find out, if he really didn't do anything bad, he will definitely be fine!" Lin Shuran tried to calm down Xu Minghao, it was not a trivial matter to be involved in a murder, and Lin Shuran didn't want the Xu family to cause more trouble.

But Xu Minghao was obviously even more excited, he almost yelled at Lin Shuran and said: "The people in the Criminal Department are not credible at all, they will wronged good people, I want to go to see Xiaohuzi, maybe Xiaohuzi will die in it if I go late!" ”

After speaking, Xu Minghao really rushed out, but when he first arrived at the door, he met Xu Junze, and when he saw Xu Junze, he seemed to be very aggrieved, and he cried with a "wow".

"Father, the little tiger won't kill anyone, you save him, save him!" Xu Minghao suddenly hugged Xu Junze's thigh and cried, at this time he couldn't care about being afraid of Xu Junze, usually when he met Xu Junze, he was like a mouse seeing a cat, he could hide as far as he could.

"Even if he really kills someone, according to the law of our court, paying a ransom will save his life!" Xu Junze's words made Xu Minghao stop crying.

He immediately asked, "How much silver do you have to pay?" ”

Xu Junze glanced at him with a cold face, tore him away from his lap, and then walked into the room and sat down, the maid Chunxi hurriedly served hot tea, and Lin Shuran also sat down quietly on the side, she also wanted to know what Xu Junze meant by this? Do you want to use the power and wealth of the General's Mansion to redeem Xiaohuzi from the Criminal Department?

In order to pamper his stepson, will he really disregard legal principles and morality, and make no distinction between black and white? Now the truth of the murder case has not been ascertained, and the conclusion has not yet been made by the Criminal Department whether Xiaohuzi killed the murder, and it is obviously inappropriate to go to ransom people with money now, maybe everyone will have something to do with Xu Junze and think that he instigated it.

Xu Minghao also ran in again, he looked at Xu Junze with longing, hoping that he could save his friend.

However, Xu Junze poured him cold in one sentence: "I won't save him, and you can't save him either!" ”

"Why?!" Xu Minghao was desperate, if no one saved Xiaohuzi, he would definitely die.

"If he didn't kill anyone, he would naturally be released, and if he killed someone, he wouldn't be able to get out of the door of the prison of the Criminal Department!" Xu Junze's words had no temperature, and he could hear Xu Minghao sitting on the ground, although he was usually stubborn and causing trouble, but knowing that Xu Junze was behind him to support him, he was okay no matter how naughty he was, but this time it seemed to be different.

From Xu Junze's eyes, he could see that Xiaohuzi's matter was not a trivial matter, let alone something that he could interfere with at will as a child, and he seemed to see the seriousness behind the situation.

"Is it true that Xiaohuzi can't be saved?" Xu Minghao's eyes lost their brightness all of a sudden, and the whole person looked very sad and lost.

At this time, Lin Shuran couldn't bear it, pulled him in front of him, looked at him as if he had lost hope, and said: "Old Seven, you don't have to be too sad, I think there are a lot of doubts in this matter, didn't you say that Xiaohuzi is very timid, so how dare he go to the mansion of the official Langzhong to steal things?" And how did he get in? Why did you enter the room of the lady in the back house? Xiaohuzi has any other friends besides you? ”

Hearing Lin Shuran's questions, Xu Minghao's eyes were stunned, Xu Junze also looked at her slightly, and listened to her continue to look at Xu Minghao and said: "I know that you believe in your friends very much, but after all, you are still a child who has not been deeply involved in the world, and you don't know what the hearts of people in this world are the most difficult to figure out, and you don't know what Xiaohuzi has experienced, so in this case, you must first stay calm and rational, and now only by finding out the truth of the matter can you really help Xiaohuzi." ”

"So what should I do?" Xu Minghao looked at Lin Shuran a little blankly and asked.