The magistrate naturally knew that no one wanted to do this kind of selling at a loss, but seeing that Qi Changfeng repeatedly denied it and still refused to admit his guilt, he said that even if there was such a thing, let Qi Changfeng continue to talk about it.

Qi Changfeng only knew that there might be changes in the future, but everything that happened was real to him, so he could only continue.

In this way, Qi Changfeng used the 5,000 taels of silver tickets he earned from selling painting bags to buy the necklace in his mother-in-law's hand, and gave the chain to his wife Qin Qing'e as a gift after returning home. As a woman, Qin Qing'e had some understanding of the value of this jewelry, but Qi Changfeng only said that it was obtained by him at a low price from a friend by chance, so he didn't ask more.

The magistrate asked Qin Qing'e, Qi Changfeng was telling the truth, Qin Qing'e nodded and said yes.

Qin Qing'e and her husband have been in love since they got married, and Qi Changfeng often gives gifts to his wife, so although Qin Qing'e has some doubts about this chain, she doesn't think much about it, and readily accepts it.

The magistrate asked Qi Changfeng why he didn't tell Qin Qing'e the origin of the five thousand taels truthfully, and Qi Changfeng said helplessly: I think the five thousand taels are strange to me, and I am afraid that my wife will worry, so I will hide it.

The magistrate smiled when he heard it, and said that you yourself think it is strange and not convincing enough, so do you think we will believe it?

Qi Changfeng had no choice but to shout that when he bought the necklace that day, there were many onlookers, and the pawnshop shopkeeper and the mother-in-law were witnesses. As long as you find the mother-in-law, you will naturally be able to testify to him.

The magistrate said that even if the matter of buying a necklace is true, then you can't give a reasonable explanation for the five thousand taels after all. You say that a wealthy businessman bought a painting and left, but instead of buying a painting, the rich businessman lost the painting.

Qi Changfeng was helpless, he could only say that it was possible that the person who bought the painting was similar to the rich businessman, and the old man who sold the painting that day may have sold a fake.

After my husband said this, everyone in the audience sneered. Even I can't help but start to be suspicious of my husband. When Qin Qing'e said this, she had a sad look on her face, obviously feeling guilty about her suspicion of her husband at that time.

And Guo Xiang and the others could only nod their heads in response, not knowing what to say to comfort Qin Qing'e. If the two of them were present at the time, they would never believe what Qi Changfeng said. Not to mention that these five thousand taels are too bizarre, and those two portraits are already inexplicable.

"Could it be that Chang Wei framed your husband after changing his appearance. Tang Xiu'er spoke at this time, after all, they already knew who was behind the scenes, so they guessed that the most likely thing here was that Chang Wei designed to frame Qi Changfeng after changing his appearance.

Qin Qing'e listened to Tang Xiu'er's words, but smiled miserably and said: "My husband thinks the same way, after all, the thief and the rich merchant servant saw was also in the dark night, and it is indeed possible that someone was framed by disguise. ”

The magistrate heard Qi Changfeng say that someone might have framed him, and he also said that it was not impossible, so he asked someone to find the pawnshop shopkeeper and the old woman who sold pearl necklaces. The old woman was originally a vegetable seller in Nancun outside the city, and Qi Changfeng recognized it after seeing it a few times. In about half an hour, the official sent by the magistrate came back, but only a middle-aged man was brought back.

The magistrate asked the official why there was only one person, and the official said that the pawnshop had long been closed, and the pawnshop was being listed for rent at this time. The pawnshop shopkeeper is gone, and the magistrate asked the official, so what about the old woman, the official pointed to the middle-aged man who brought, and said that the middle-aged man was the son of the old woman.

The middle-aged man said that his mother had died three months ago and had already been buried in the ground. At this moment, the audience was surprised, and no one spoke for a while.

You know, at that time, it was believed that the dead were the greatest, and people should be respected when they died, and they should no longer discuss the rights and wrongs of others. Qi Changfeng used a dead person to corroborate this behavior, which can be regarded as extremely inhumane. Therefore, everyone in the audience looked at Qi Changfeng, their eyes full of anger.

At this time, Qin Qing'e was already distracted and speechless. As for Qi Changfeng, his eyes were blood-red, and he was stunned. Nazhi County was also calm, and at this time, Ren Ran suppressed his anger and asked: Mother-in-law died three months ago, when did you say you bought that necklace from your mother-in-law?

Qi Changfeng could only say word for word: Two months ago.

How could a person who had died three months ago sell the necklace to Qi Changfeng a month ago? At this time, everyone looked at Qi Changfeng to see what else he could say. Seeing that Qi Changfeng didn't speak, the magistrate asked another wealthy merchant in the room, this rich merchant was a jewelry merchant in Yongzhou, and whether the necklace around Qin Qing'e's neck was one of the goods that the jewelry merchant had reported missing before.

The jewelry merchant nodded yes, saying that this chain was one of the goods he had entrusted to Chang Wei's dart bureau before, and he said that Chang Wei came to report to him that the goods were robbed by the South Sichuan Gang, and then handed him the letter of guarantee written by Qi Changfeng.

The magistrate turned his head and asked Chang Wei, what the jewelry merchant said was the truth, Chang Wei nodded and said yes, after he left from the jewelry merchant, he took the silver given to him by Qi Changfeng back to Luzhou to comfort the families of the killed dartmen. When he returned to Luzhou, he found that there was a portrait of Qi Changfeng on the street, and after he looked at it, he realized that this was the government collecting information about this person, saying that this person was a thief who stole the painting of the previous Luzhou businessman.

Chang Wei said that although he looked at the portrait at that time and Qi Changfeng were very similar, he only thought it was a coincidence. After all, the other party saved his life in Ba County, helped him heal and recuperate his injuries, and also helped him to be a benefactor who guaranteed him money and silver. After Chang Wei finished compensating the families of the dead dartmen, he was ready to go to Ba County to thank Qi Changfeng, and by the way, he thought about setting up a note, so that he could have a certificate, and he would definitely repay Qi Changfeng's generosity this time in the future.

Who knew that after he returned to Ba County, he saw Qin Qing'e from a distance, and before he could go forward to say hello, he was stunned to find that Qin Qing'e was wearing a black pearl necklace around his neck. This chain, Chang Wei is naturally recognizable at a glance, when the wealthy merchant dart counted the goods, this string of black pearls can be regarded as unique among the goods, unforgettable.

Although Chang Wei was shocked at this time, he still wondered if he had made a mistake, so he went back to the jewelry merchant to confirm. Unexpectedly, after this confirmation and comparison, the number and size of black pearls are exactly the same.

And the rich merchant naturally didn't believe that there would be two black pearl necklaces so similar in the world, so he took Chang Wei to Luzhou. Who knows, when I arrived at the Luzhou official mansion, I happened to meet the county order that I received from Qi Changfeng about the evil deeds of the Southern Sichuan Gang, and I was investigating and collecting evidence in Luzhou.

The magistrate looked at Qi Changfeng, threw a letter in front of Qi Changfeng's eyes and said: I was investigating the case in Luzhou and saw your portrait, and I also thought it was a coincidence at that time. After all, the world is so big, and there are not no people who look alike. I also know that you have always been honest and honest as an official, and you are a good official with a benevolent heart and doing your duty. So, I didn't doubt you at all. But, when I found out that the two of them had come with the pearl necklace, I had to come to you to see if you were the leader of the Chuannan Gang.

Speaking of this, Qin Qing'e knew why the county magistrate brought people to arrest the couple directly, she looked at the pearl necklace around her neck, her heart was like numbness, and tears were like rain. After all, she had a fight with Qi Changfeng and his wife, and she knew Qi Changfeng's character. She didn't believe that her husband would be the notorious leader of the South Sichuan Gang, but all the evidence in front of her pointed to her husband. She looked at Qi Changfeng, hoping that the other party could give a reasonable explanation.

However, Qi Changfeng couldn't give it, Qi Changfeng shouted at this time, repeating that it was not me, it was me. After the county order called someone to subdue Qi Changfeng, he said: Qi Changfeng, at this time, the human and material evidence are all there. Don't you plead guilty?

Qi Changfeng shouted with red eyes: Never me, never me!

The county magistrate was shocked, and said angrily: There are not many people in the world who look alike, even if you argue that someone is disguised and framed you, but what do you say about the pearl necklace you bought for 5,000 taels of silver? Can you still bring the mother-in-law you said back from the dead and sell the necklace to you in the flickering daylight? Do you want the official to believe that there are ghosts in this world?

At this time, Qi Changfeng suddenly stopped struggling, and began to laugh wildly, shouting: It's a ghost, it's a ghost, it's an evil ghost!

Qin Qing'e looked at her husband's crazy behavior, but she completely cried and fainted, and she didn't wake up.

When Guo Xiang and Tang Xiu'er heard this, they couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts, after all, what Qin Qing'e told was too bizarre. Especially the old woman who sold the necklace came back from the dead according to Qi Changfeng, which sounded even more infiltrating. But there is no ghost in this incident after all, just like at this moment, although Guo Xiang and the two are in the "underworld", they know that they are still alive.

As for Tang Xiu'er's previous conjecture that someone was framed by disguise, Tang Xiu'er already felt extremely ridiculous at the moment. After all, the art of disguise in the rivers and lakes, that is, the transformation of thrush powder and the like, it is possible to say that it is possible to give people the illusion in the night, but it is impossible to become a living old woman in broad daylight, and the old woman has already died.

Indeed, there are legends in the rivers and lakes that can make people completely become another person without flaws, but most of them are rumors, and they are basically exaggerated interpretations in essay novels.

So, how did Chang Wei do it? Tang Xiu'er couldn't help but ask: "Then what trick did Chang Wei use to make all this flawless? Is Nazhi County bought?"

Qin Qing'e shook her head and replied: "No, Na Zhixian is also a victim of being deceived, and from his point of view, all this is reasonable. ”

"Then how did he do it?" Tang Xiu'er asked urgently, at this time she was already uncomfortable, because she couldn't think of any flaws in everything that happened.

Qin Qing'e smiled miserably and said, "It's not over yet, if that evil ghost had stopped if he had framed my husband at that time, I might not be able to understand the truth for the rest of my life." ”

Guo Xiang and Tang Xiu'er were both stunned, thinking that the other party had already framed Qi Changfeng, and there was actually a follow-up, so they turned their heads to look at Qin Qing'e, and their hearts were panicked. This was framed as a thief leader for no reason, and it was already terrifying to hear.

When Qin Qing'e woke up, she found that she had been imprisoned. For her at that time, she didn't know anything, her husband became the leader of the South Sichuan Gang in a blink of an eye, which already made her feel that the world was spinning. Qin Qing'e, who was locked in prison, washed her face with tears every day, and this level was locked up for more than half a month.

During this period, let alone seeing her husband, she was not even allowed to visit her family. Suddenly, one day Chang Wei came to prison, she saw Chang Wei, her heart was mixed, if she hadn't asked her husband to take Chang Wei back to the house for treatment, maybe everything wouldn't have happened.

However, what if her husband was really the leader of the South Sichuan Gang? Wouldn't Chang Wei be the great benefactor who exposed his husband's evil deeds and true colors? No matter how Qin Qing'e struggled in her heart at that time, the news brought by Chang Wei made her completely cut off her superfluous thoughts.

Chang Wei said that Qi Changfeng had pleaded guilty and admitted that he was the leader of the South Sichuan Gang. But Qi Changfeng said that he committed the crime alone, and refused to say where he hid the stolen goods. When Qin Qing'e heard that her husband had confessed, she fainted again.

When she woke up again, she found herself in a carriage. The one who drove the carriage was that Changwei. It turned out that after the verification of the county order and the reconciliation of the account books of the Qin family's tea industry, it was confirmed that Qin Qing'e's tea merchant business was not related to Qi Changfeng, so Qin Qing'e was let go home.

And when Qin Qing'e returned to the house, she found that outside the walls of the house, there had already been filthy words written in red letters. After entering the house, the servants and servants of the family had already run away, and the houses of the family were also turned into a mess after being searched by the officials.

If it weren't for the fact that this house was in Qin Qing'e's name, this house would have been sealed. In fact, this house was originally going to be confiscated, but after all, the county order and Qin Qing'e were also acquaintances, and under Chang Wei's pleading, thinking about how a woman on the other side would live in the future, he didn't seal the house.

Qin Qing'e looked at the barren scene of the house, and naturally collapsed into tears. Not long ago, it was the loving nest of her and her husband, but now it was just a deserted and dilapidated empty house. When people are gone, home can no longer be considered home.

For a while, Qin Qing'e, who was exhausted, fainted again, and now she was better, and she was even more seriously ill. can only lie in bed every day, if it weren't for Chang Wei's careful care, I'm afraid Qin Qing'e might not be able to hold on at that time.

couldn't go out, Qin Qing'e had to ask Chang Wei to go to see Qi Changfeng's old father, who knew that after Chang Wei said that Qi Changfeng confessed, Qi Changfeng's old father was already angry because he couldn't stand his son and became the leader of the South Sichuan gang who was evil in Sichuan. Hearing the news, Qin Qing'e cried again.

At this time, Qin Qing'e's parents came, and when they saw their daughter, the three of them hugged and cried, and Qin Qing'e's mother blindly scolded herself and said that if it wasn't for the husband she found for her daughter, where would her daughter suffer this crime. Although Qin Qing'e was also tired at this time, she could only pretend to be calm, but began to comfort her mother.

And Qin Qing'e's father asked strangely who Chang Wei was and why he was here. Qin Qing'e was distressed, but she didn't bother to hide it, so she told her parents the truth about Chang Wei. When Qin Qing'e's parents heard this, they were surprised and angry, and they didn't know whether to thank or complain about Chang Wei.

The more she thought about it, the more Qin Qing'e's parents scolded Qi Changfeng angrily. And the parents' scolding and resentment towards Qi Changfeng sounded so harsh to Qin Qing'e's ears. In the end, it was Chang Wei who opened his mouth to signal Qin Qing'e's parents, and her parents remembered that their daughter was the saddest person at the moment, so they stopped scolding Qi Changfeng.

Seeing that her daughter was weak, her mother could only stay and take care of Qin Qing'e, and her father had to go back because of the tea merchant business. If this happened, not to mention that Qin Qing'e's tea business was implicated, in this huge house, Qin Qing'e's mother found many people who were unwilling to come to be subordinates. Even if they gave many times the price and recruited two maids, they couldn't stand the sideways comments from passers-by when they usually went out, and they all ran away in the end.

As for Chang Wei, although Qin Qing'e's mother also knows that it is not good to leave a man with her daughter at this time. But the house is too big, and Qin Qing'e's mother is also old, so there are always some rough jobs to be done. That Chang Wei also stayed behind, so he was a temporary laborer.

Originally, Qin Qing'e thought that the other party would leave, after all, her husband was the one who killed his colleagues in the dart game and caused him to lose his dart and lose his job. Unexpectedly, Chang Wei said that he didn't care, saying that in a sense, his life was indeed saved by Qin Qing'e, and at this time, he should also help.

Hearing this, Tang Xiu'er and Guo Xiang glanced at each other, and a bad premonition rose in their hearts at the same time, and they asked in unison: "Is it a ......?"

Qin Qing'e knew what Guo Xiang and the two were thinking, and smiled bitterly: "Yes, I remarried him later." ”