Outside the crowd, there were two men standing, looking at their appearance and clothing, which are different from the people.

One of them was about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in a blue robe and a black-gray hooded wolfskin robe.

The other was in his early twenties, with thick eyebrows and sideburns, a grim expression, a short brown coat, a hat and a long sword hanging from his waist, and looked like he should be the former's attendant.

"Childe." The attendant said, "It's not early, the weather is not good, it's time to leave." ”

"There's no hurry." Childe coughed lightly twice, but his eyes fell directly on Luo Qianhuai's body, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Why should the second uncle be in such a hurry." Luo Qianhuai smiled slightly: "If I take other people's property, it is an unforgivable sin." Can...... What if they are my mother's dowry? ”

"What a dowry!" The second uncle's voice instantly became sharp, and she subconsciously took the box into her arms: "Your aunt has been dead for so many years, and the money back then has long been spent, where is there any left?" ”

Compared with her excitement, Luo Qianhuai was extremely calm: "In this case, why should the second uncle be angry? Lord Lizheng's eyes are like torches, yes or no, he will know when he checks. ”

After saying that, she said to Zheng En: "Lord Lizheng." My mother was originally from Changling, and when she married Ah Weng, the dowry was quite generous, and she did take out her dowry to supplement the family in the early years. ”

"It's just that later Ah Weng found an envoy in Xijing, and every year he will send back the money and rewards, and the rest of the dowry of Ah Mu will be sealed in this box and left to our three sisters and brothers."

"Your neighbors must have seen and heard about these things to some extent."

These words are just some words that Luo Qianhuai put together according to the memories of his predecessor and some things he saw in a hurry when the box was scattered, and half of them are true and false.

But when others heard it, they found it very credible. The days of the Luo family are indeed getting better and better after Boss Luo marries his wife, but I didn't expect that I had spent other people's dowries before.

At that moment, everyone couldn't help but whisper, and the eyes of the old couple of the Luo family became a little unusual.

Marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat. All expenses after a woman gets married are the responsibility of her in-laws. The dowry is private property, and it should be spent or passed on to the immediate descendants, and there is no reason to subsidize the family.

Naturally, some people covet the dowry of their wives, but they only dare to do it secretly in private, for fear that if people know about it, they will be poked and ridiculed in the back.

The faces of the eldest father and mother became very ugly, but the second uncle and mother were unaware.

"You said it was left to you?" She held the box tightly with one hand, and crossed her waist with the other: "Your mother's dowry has long been spent, but these are my private money!" ”

"Oh?" Luo Qianhuai raised his eyes and glanced at her, and squeezed out a smile of unknown meaning on his lips: "My mother's dowry back then was saved with a bottom sheet. Yes or no, please take it out and pair it on, and it will be clear. ”

Everyone's eyes were cast on the eldest mother. She was slightly stunned, and then immediately reacted: "I don't know where the things from more than ten years ago have gone, but where are I going to find them for a while?" ”

The second uncle and mother immediately took over the conversation: "If you want to count on this shadowless thing to testify to you, it is a daydream. I advise you to confess your sins as soon as possible, so that you can suffer less. ”

"Then Qianhuai has to thank the second uncle for his kind words and persuasion." Luo Qianhuai smiled faintly, looked up at Zheng Endao, and said, "Trouble Lord Lizheng, check if there is a four-leaf orchid secret mark on the inside of the box." Because there is an orchid character in the mother's name, it is her dowry, and all of them have this secret mark. ”

"Okay." Zheng En replied happily, turned around and stretched out his hand to the second uncle. The latter hugged the box tightly and refused to cooperate at all.

At this moment, everyone around them noticed that something must be wrong with this matter.

"Luo Er. What's the matter with you, bride? Zheng Eun grimaced.

The second uncle understands better than the second uncle and mother, and knows that if he doesn't pass today's level, don't expect Li Zheng to help the family again, so he grabbed the box directly and came to Zheng En.

Zheng En opened the box, examined it carefully, and sure enough, he saw the logo of a four-leaf orchid printed on the corner of the bottom of the box.

He was delicate, and by the way, he carefully examined several of the items, including the cake of gold, and found that as Luo Qianhuai said, there were orchid marks on them.

From this point of view, what this lady Luo said should be true, and the accusations made by the Luo family against her just now are quite sinister.

Luo Qianhuai looked up at Zheng En's expression, and secretly exhaled a long breath in his heart.

Just now she just saw that there was such a mark engraved on the inside of the box and a copper hairpin, so she boldly bet on it, and sure enough, the bet was right.

If you get the first step right, the road will be wider.

"The bride of the Luo family, how are you going to explain it now?" Zheng En asked the second uncle lightly.

"Why should I explain?" The second uncle jumped up, ran to her mother-in-law in three steps and two steps, and looked at her with a blank eye:

"Auntie, you also know that the eldest brother brought back the reward in exchange for a golden cake, and this mark must be printed on it. I'm in charge of the household, and over the years, that's all that's left - where is the dowry? ”

Before Luo Qianhuai could say anything, an old man stood up. This is an old man surnamed Zhou in Benli, who has always been warm.

"If I'm not mistaken, the cake of gold should have a stamp of the word 'Zhenghe' underneath, right?"

Zheng En noticed this mark just now, and nodded when he heard the words: "There is indeed this mark." ”

"That's it." Zhou Lao said: "This golden cake is the dowry of Mrs. Luo's mother, and it is definitely not a family gift sent back by Mrs. Luo. ”

Luo Qianhuai didn't expect that he would be able to meet allies when he thought he was fighting alone, and his spirit was immediately lifted.

It's just that she played the cooperation card, but she half-tilted her face and showed a poignant smile, her arms trembled and she supported her body, and she looked weaker and weaker, as if she would fall to the ground in the next moment.

"You talk nonsense!" The second uncle retorted with a face full of shame: "What can be determined by just one stamp? ”

"Because it was the first year of the expedition, His Majesty specially made a batch of gold cakes in order to reward the soldiers of the Western Army who returned from the great victory."

"So what?"

"Mrs. Luo's maternal grandfather was promoted to captain because of his contribution to the expedition to the west, so he was able to obtain this thing, and he used it to make a dowry for his daughter."

"Hehe, how can you know these things?" The second uncle was still not convinced.

"Time has passed too long. I'm afraid you've forgotten. At that time, Luochuan's marriage was still made by our husband and wife and Luochuan's mother-in-law. My eldest brother was also in the Western Army back then, and he was close friends with Mrs. Luo's maternal grandfather, so there was this marriage. ”

"It's just that I didn't expect that in just over ten years, the couple died and disappeared, which made these three children suffer."