Chapter 42: The Last Straw

"The tip of the sword is actually tied to a string!"

Qiao Jingchen snatched the peachwood sword with his hand and shook it.

The burning yellow paper was thrown off, and something seemed to hang down the tip of the sword.

Qiao Jinghan walked over in disbelief, reached out and touched it, and sure enough, a piece of silk thread as thin as a hair was attached to his finger.

The silk thread was like silk, but it was transparent, no wonder it couldn't be seen at all.

"Liar, do you dare to deceive the master? Pay it back! Otherwise, the master won't be able to spare you! ”

Qiao Jinghan clenched his fists and grabbed the placket of the Taoist priest's clothes.

He spent two ingots of gold!

"The third prince spares his life!"

The fake Taoist priest Ma Yu knelt down and begged for mercy: "The little one is originally a wandering warlock, and he can just do some tricks. I didn't expect that the third prince would really let the little one exorcise evil spirits. ”

"Ask the third prince to spare his life, and the little one is willing to return all the money!"

Seeing him shake his hands and take out two ingots of gold from his arms, Qiao Wanshu's eyes widened.

[Two ingots of gold, my third brother, is your money so easy to cheat? 】

[Pity me, I've just turned one year old, and I want to help the Qiao family eliminate disasters and get through the disaster. 】

[I also have to help the third brother identify the liar, it's too difficult for me! ] 】

Qiao Jinghan was embarrassed to hear this, and glared at the fake Taoist priest: "Don't you want to go?" Wait for the master to invite you out? ”

The false Taoist priest ran on the ground.

Qiao Wanshu looked at the distant back, and sighed again: [I don't know if the third brother will have a long memory, if he is still so easy to trust people, it will be bad. 】

[He didn't know that the last straw that crushed Qiao's Mansion was that he believed the lies of others who could help him get people out of the prison, and not only was cheated of money, but also gave people a handle. 】

[Let Liu Zhan be able to use the topic to play, so that the Qiao family will no longer have the power to return to heaven. 】

Old Madam Qiao and Qiao Jingchen were shocked and looked at Qiao Jinghan fixedly.

Sure enough, it seemed like he could do something.

Qiao Jinghan was even more shocked, and he didn't know what Qiao Wanshu meant when he said that he would end up harming the Qiao family.

But if you think about it carefully, if the Qiao family is in trouble, in order to save people, he will really take risks and ransom people with money.

"Jing Han, you're really a little too bad today."

"Get some charlatans back, make a miasma, what if you hurt your sister again?"

"Punish you to go to the ancestral hall and confine it for three days, copy the Qiao family's ancestral teachings and the Heart Sutra a hundred times, and sober your mind!"

Old Madam Qiao took advantage of the situation and was ready to beat Qiao Jinghan.

Qiao Jinghan, who usually has to be coquettish and dependent, actually obediently listened to the punishment this time and followed the personal servant to the ancestral hall.

"Grandmother, Shu'er's house still needs to be cleaned again, grandson sees that the sun is good today, why don't you let me and Shu'er accompany you and go to the garden to take a walk, so that we can relax?"

Today happened to be Qiao Jingchen's turn to rest, so he had time to stay in the mansion during the day.

"It's okay, people are always in the house, and they will get sick, so let's go for a walk."

Mrs. Qiao happily agreed, and asked Qiao Jingchen to hug Qiao Wanshu and go to the garden to play together.

It was the height of summer, the grass and trees were verdant, and the flowers were blooming, and the style of Qiaofu imitated the garden of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, paying attention to changing the scenery step by step.

Every place you walk is a different scenery, and when you look back, it is a charm.

The two of them walked while teasing Qiao Wanshu, and the three of them were happy and warm.

When Mrs. Qiao saw Qiao Jingchen's dragon and phoenix posture, handsome and clear, her heart was half proud and half worried.

Asked tentatively: "Jingchen, I think that although Jingyue is a few years younger than you, he already has a girl who is happy with each other, if this marriage is completed, the big wedding will be in this year or two." ”

"But you, as the eldest brother, do you have any favorite girl's family?"

Qiao Wanshu's little paws shrank one by one, and she was chasing the flowers in Qiao Jingchen's hand, and when she heard this, she said in her heart: [Big brother also has a true destiny, but before he could appear, he was cut off from marriage. 】

[Just blame that Fang Yan'er, who fell into the water and designed my eldest brother to destroy her innocence, so she married into our family. That woman naturally has nothing to do with my big brother, hey, it's a pity. 】

Qiao Jingchen's ears immediately stood up.

He first had Bai Lu as a spy for the enemy country, and then Fang Yan'er was framed by his impure scheming.

I always feel that my love road is bumpy, and I secretly envy the second brother for being able to be happy with Miss Wu, now listening to Shu'er's meaning, he also has a real destiny?

He thought about what he had to say to get the words out of Shu'er's mouth.

There was a sudden noise in the distance, attracting Qiao Wanshu's attention.

Babbling with his little paws, he seemed to want to go over and have a look.

Before a few people got closer, they saw Fang Yan'er scolding a servant girl.

"Cheap maid, this wedding dress is pink, and the beaded flowers are cheap at a glance."

"My Yan'er is also Miss Qiao's Mansion, why, when I go out, I don't deserve to wear a red wedding dress and wear some precious jewelry?"

The maid knelt on the ground with the tray in her hand, and hurriedly explained, "Miss Cousin, you have wronged your servant. This is what Mama Gu took to explain to you to change. ”

"That jewelry is also the dowry that the old lady helped you buy before, just because...... I cut my share, but it's not a bargain. ”

Where could Fang Yan'er listen, he waved his hand and smoked it.

"Presumptuous! You mean, my aunt deliberately embarrassed me? Or am I not self-aware? ”

Qiao Wanshu snorted: [Although Liu Zhan came to pick you up, he didn't say that he wanted to marry you as a wife. Of course, the concubine can only wear powder when she enters the door, do you still want to wear red? Think too much about you! 】

[As for the jewelry, even if it's a cheap item, I feel sorry for you, and you deserve it? ] 】

[To say that you once had the opportunity to make peace with Liu Zhan Qinse, and finally joined forces to usurp the throne, you don't want to think about it after this girl comes! ] 】

Old Madam Qiao had long been disgusted with Fang Yan'er to the core, and she didn't bother to see her continue to be powerful in the house, so she stepped forward and shouted coldly: "Stop!" Although my Qiao family has a strict family style and is extremely strict, there is no precedent for beating and scolding subordinates unreasonably. ”

"She was just ordered to give you a wedding dress and dowry, so she had such an unrelenting attack, so she was not afraid that the Liu family would be impatient to wait, and then regret and change her mind?"

Fang Yan'er looked at Old Madam Qiao and smiled coldly: "Auntie is now pouring out to be a good person, if you let outsiders know that you treat people better than my blood relatives, I don't know who will be more embarrassed." ”

Old Madam Qiao said lightly: "I see that you don't seem to want to go out, so let someone go back to the servants of the Liu family, and this matter will be stopped." ”

Where is Fang Yan'er Old Madam Qiao's opponent, she suddenly became anxious when she heard this.

"Auntie, I was rude just now, and thank you for helping me buy a dowry and send me out. I...... I'm going to change my clothes and make up! ”

She snatched the tray and hurried away.

Old Madam Qiao snorted coldly and was about to turn around and leave.

But the kneeling maid suddenly took two steps on her knees and whispered, "Old lady, the maid has something to do." ”