Congxi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Qu Zaichen to spare himself so easily, so he nodded hurriedly and walked quickly, for fear that Qu Zaichen would regret it. It's just that Zhou Xuan, who had been nervous just now, didn't feel how his knees were, and when he relaxed, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his knees, and as soon as he took a step, he screamed in pain, and his body fell to the side. When Jian Xuan, Lan Chu, and Congran saw it, they hurriedly stretched out their hands to support Congxi. It's just that this time Qu Zaichen took a step faster, and reached out to support Congxi, so that Congxi would not fall. Congxi was about to say thank you, Qu Zaichen suddenly picked up Congxi and walked away. Lan Chu and Congran hurriedly followed, Jian Xuan looked at Qu Zaichen's back, his face was cold, he hesitated, and walked away.

Feng Nian looked at Qu Zaichen's departing back, seemed to realize something, looked sad, and sat down on the stool. After Qu Miaozhi was escorted to the ancestral hall, Hang Zhitong felt embarrassed, hurriedly saluted Mrs. Qu and Master Qu, and left quickly. Yang Sishan and Yang Sizhen glanced at Mrs. Qu, and stopped talking, but they didn't speak.

Mrs. Qu was stunned for a while, and suddenly looked at Master Qu and said angrily: "Zaichen just let go of that wild girl, and punished Miaozhi so heavily, was he really hooked by that wild girl, and he didn't even care about me, my mother?" You too, Zaichen is unconscious, so partial to the wild girl, why don't you say a word, you look at how Zaichen protects the wild girl, you look at how you treat me, can't you protect me once? ”

Master Qu was stunned for a moment and said, "Didn't you say that Zaichen did something wrong, and asked me to follow him?" Besides, the affairs of the Qu family have always been decided by the mother and Zaichen, and he may not listen to what I say. Moreover, what Zaichen said also makes sense, he didn't blindly favor the obedient, he didn't punish the congregation in the morning, it was you and Miaozhi who had to make it difficult to obey the congregation, and the dust couldn't punish you, so he could only avoid the punishment of the congregation. In the final analysis, it's you and Miaozhi, I can't complain about others, I just reminded you, don't make a big deal about it, you have to listen..."

Mrs. Qu became angry, and said angrily while beating Master Qu: "Qu Yi, you bastard, I'm injured like this, you don't care about me, you still count me, do you care about me, do you care about me?" How did I go blind and marry you bastard..."

According to the clues provided by the people, the government quickly searched for the baby and rushed all day. Towards evening, two suspicious babies were finally found, both of whom looked like the remnants of the Ning family. A child was actually found from Hang Ji's house, Xu Yan was stunned when he heard it, and he didn't dare to touch Hang's house lightly. The first ascended to the court to interrogate the identity of another child, in case this child was the remnant of the Ning family he was looking for, he didn't need to offend the Hang family.

Governor Xu sat in the public court, and the officials on both sides had stood in two columns, with a majestic face, and a young woman knelt under the hall holding a two- or three-month-old baby. When the people heard the news, they all ran around to watch, and they all wanted to know who was so lucky to help the government find the court prisoners and get the fifty taels of silver? Qu Zaichen, Congxi, Lan Chu, Congran, and Yun Xian also stood outside the public hall and watched, and everyone in the Hang family, Hang Ji, Hang Zhirong, Hang Zhiyao, Hang Zhitong, and Hang Zhiyue were all standing not far from them, their faces seemed to be anxious.

Governor Xu patted the wood and said, "Who is the person in the hall, report your name?" ”

The young woman hurriedly said: "Lord Hui, the prefect, the woman's surname is Zhang Minglianhe." My lord, the woman was wronged, and the child in the woman's arms was the biological son of the woman, not a remnant of the court, please be aware of it. ”

Xu Zhifu: "You live in Xishui Lane, listen to the neighbors of Xishui Lane, today there is a crying baby in your house." This child is two or three months old, so you didn't give birth to it today, did you? The remnants of the Ning family were robbed last night, and this morning there was suddenly an extra child in your family, and besides, this child is the same as the remnants of the Ning family, with an egg-sized brown patch on his back, do you dare to quibble that this child is not a criminal of the imperial court? ”

Zhang Lianhe hurriedly said: "Lord Prefect, this child is really my own, not a remnant of the Ning family." The brown spots are just a coincidence, and I've heard that many newborn babies have red, brown patches on their bodies that disappear when they get older. My lord, I used to rent the third house on the left side of Qingniu Lane, and a few days ago I just sold the house in Xishui Lane, repaired and cleaned it, and moved to the new house with my children this morning. Unexpectedly, after only half a day, a catcher rushed into the house, saying that my child was a prisoner of the imperial court, so he brought our mother and son over. Adult, the woman is really wronged, the adult doesn't believe it, you can let people go to Qingniu Lane to inquire, in the past two months, the neighbors often hear my children crying, they can all testify for me, Sister-in-law Li, Granny Zhao, and Aunt Ma in Qingniu Lane have also seen my children, help me. After urging milk, they can all testify that the child is my own. ”

Governor Xu immediately said: "Come on, immediately go to the third house on the left side of Qingniu Lane to check the situation, and then ask the neighbors on the left and right." ”

The two catchers heard it and immediately rushed over with someone.

Governor Xu looked at Zhang Lianhe again and said, "Who is your husband, what does he do, and where is he now?" ”

Zhang Lianhe lowered her head and didn't dare to answer.

Governor Xu patted the hall in surprise and said: "Zhang Lianhe, if you don't answer the official, are you thinking about how to lie?" Could it be that you don't have a husband at all and have never given birth to a child, and this child is a prisoner of the imperial court? ”

Zhang Lianhe hurriedly said: "No, no, I have a man, it's just.. The child's father didn't marry me, I was just his outer room. ”

Governor Xu: "Even if you are just an outer room, you gave birth to a child for him, he should often go in and out of Qingniu Lane recently, right?" The neighbors of Tsing Niu Lane must have seen him and told him his name, so that the official could summon him to come to testify and find out his whereabouts. If the neighborhood of Qingniu Lane has seen the two of you, and since more than two months ago, the sound of a baby crying can be heard in your house, so as to prove your innocence. ”

Zhang Lianhe hesitated for a while before saying, "The child's father's name is . . . Zhang Wanliang, the seal of the seal, is the son-in-law of the Gejia lamp shop on Zouma Street. ”

Xu Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking that the business of the Ge family's lamp shop is not small, and many lanterns in his house are purchased from their family, and Ge Lao's shopkeeper only has one daughter, named Ge Zhenzhen, who recruited a craftsman as a son-in-law in his early years, that is, Zhang Wanliang. I heard that Zhang Wan was extremely afraid of Ge Zhenzhen, and bowed to Ge Zhenzhen and obeyed him. I didn't expect Zhang Wanliang to have the courage to hide the outer room outside, which is really unseemly.

Governor Xu said loudly again: "Come here, pass the chapter to the court." ”

The two caught it quickly and ran quickly towards the street.

Walking Street is closer to the government office, less than half an hour, the two arresters took Zhang Wanliang to the court, and the two arresters were followed by a woman, Xu Yan had seen it, it was Zhang Wanliang's wife Ge Zhenzhen, Ge Zhenzhen wanted to follow the court, but was stopped by the two officials.

Xu Yan said: "It's okay, let Ge Zhenzhen go to the hall together." ”

The two officials didn't stop them anymore, Ge Zhenzhen and Zhang Wanliang just knelt down in the public court, Ge Zhenzhen immediately looked up at Xu Yan and said: "Lord Prefect, my family's ten thousand taels of sesame seed-sized guts, when he sees a mouse, he can fall down in fright, what case can he be involved, is the government arresting the wrong person?" ”

Xu Yan ignored Ge Zhenzhen and looked at Zhang Lianhe, look at the person next to him, he is the father of the child? ”

Zhang Lianhe glanced at Zhang Wanliang and nodded: "Yes, Wanliang is the biological father of the child." ”

Zhang Wanliang looked at Zhang Lianhe in surprise, both frightened, confused, and extremely resentful.

Zhang Lianhe hurriedly explained: "The prefect didn't say that our children are court criminals, what are the remnants of the Ning family, I heard that they are still court criminals who collaborate with the enemy and commit treason. If I don't tell the truth, our children, as well as you and me, will be killed. I didn't mean to give you up. ”

When Zhang Wanliang heard this, his face trembled, and he was even more frightened.

Xu Yan stared at Zhang Wanliang and said loudly: "Zhang Wanliang, you recruited from the truth, Zhang Lianhe is your outer room, and this child is your flesh and blood?" ”

Zhang Wanliang stole a glance at Ge Zhenzhen, who was stunned with his mouth wide open next to him, lowered his head, and didn't dare to respond.

Xu Yan was shocked and said: "Xu Yan, it is related to the remnants of the Qin criminals who collaborated with the enemy and treasoned with the imperial court, and they are not recruited from the truth, do you really want this official to behead this child as a Qin criminal?" Also, the official has sent someone to Qingniu Lane to inquire, are you sure that no one has seen you enter and leave Zhang Lianhe's house? ”

Zhang Wan's body trembled, and he slowly raised his head and said, "Back to the prefect, Zhang Lianhe is indeed secretly from me. Raised in the outer room outside, this child is indeed the blood and blood of the two of us, not a court criminal, please be aware of it. ”

At this time, the other two arresters also escorted the three women into the court. The three women were of different ages, one in his thirties, one in his forties, and one in his sixties.

Yizhu quickly saluted Xu Yan and said: "Lord Prefect, the three of them are Sister-in-law Li, Granny Zhao, and Aunt Ma who live in Qingniu Lane. The three of them helped Zhang Lianhe take care of the child, and they all proved that Zhang Lianhe's son also had a brown patch on his back. In addition, although they didn't know Zhang Lianhe's man's name, they had seen him a few times and recognized the man's appearance. In addition, other neighbors near Qingniu Lane have proved that in the past two months, there have indeed been frequent sounds of babies crying in Zhang Lianhe's house. ”

Xu Yan nodded: "I know, you guys retreat." ”

The two catchers quickly bowed and retreated.

Xu Yan glanced at Sister-in-law Li, Granny Zhao, and Aunt Ma: "You look up at the man kneeling next to you, he is a man who often goes in and out of Zhang Lianhe's house?" ”

Sister-in-law Li, Granny Zhao, and Aunt Ma looked up at Zhang Wanliang, and the three of them immediately nodded: "Yes." "Yes, it's him." "Yes, yes, it's him."

Xu Yan sighed, it seems to be a coincidence, two months ago, Ning Yuan was still a high-ranking general, it was impossible to lay out so early and cover up for his son. This child should be just the illegitimate son of Zhang Wanliang and Zhang Lianhe, but it happened that the child had a brown spot on his back, and it happened that Zhang Lianhe moved to Xishui Lane with the child this morning, so this misunderstanding occurred.