I really don't want to take shortcuts anymore

Chapter 5 The little girl’s real name is Luo Lianhua

Outside the crowd, there were two men standing. Judging from their appearance and clothing, they looked different from the residents.

One of them was about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a green robe with a straight train and a black and gray hooded wolf skin robe. He was tall and handsome, but his face was too pale, and there was a look of fatigue between his eyebrows.

The other person is in his early 20s, with thick eyebrows and a stern expression. He wears short brown clothes, wears a raincoat and a hat, and has a long sword hanging from his waist. He seems to be the former's attendant.

"Sir," the attendant said, "It's late and the weather is not good. It's time to set off."

"There's no rush." ​​The young master coughed twice, but his eyes fell directly on Luo Qianhuai, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Why are you so anxious, second aunt?" Luo Qianhuai smiled slightly: "If I took other people's property, it would be an unforgivable sin. But what if they are my mother's dowry?"

"What dowry!" The second aunt's voice suddenly became shrill, and she subconsciously took the box into her arms: "Your mother has been dead for so many years, and the little money she had back then has been spent long ago, and there is nothing left. of?"

Compared to her excitement, Luo Qianhuai acted extremely calmly: "In that case, why should my second aunt be angry? Mr. Li Zheng has a keen eye. He can tell whether it is right or wrong at a glance."

After saying that, she turned to Zheng En and said: "Master Li Zheng. My grandmother is from Changling. When she married Aweng, the dowry was quite generous. In the early years, she did use her dowry to supplement the family income. "

"It's just that later Aweng found an envoy in Xijing and sent back his salary and rewards every year. The rest of my mother's dowry was sealed in this box and left to us three sisters and brothers."

"You neighbors should have seen and heard of these things to some extent."

These words are just words that Luo Qianhuai put together based on the memory of his predecessor and some things he saw in a hurry when the box was scattered, and they are half true and false.

But others found it very credible.The life of the Luo family has indeed gotten better and better after the boss Luo got married, but he didn't expect that he had used his dowry before.

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

Marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat.After a woman gets married, her husband's family is responsible for all expenses.Dowry is private property and should be spent by oneself or passed on to direct descendants. There is absolutely no reason to subsidize the family income.

Naturally, there are some people who covet the use of their wives' dowry, but they only dare to do it privately and secretly, for fear that if people find out, they will be poked in the spine and laughed at.

The faces of the eldest father and mother became very ugly, but the second aunt didn't notice it at all.

"You said this is just for you?" She held the box tightly with one hand and put her other hand on her waist: "Your mother's dowry has been spent long ago, and these are mine private money!"

"Oh?" Luo Qianhuai raised his eyes and glanced at her, with an unknown smile on his lips: "Back then, my mother's dowry was deposited in a receipt. Whether it is true or not, please take it out and check it. The last couple made it clear.”

Everyone's eyes were cast on the eldest mother.She was startled for a moment, then immediately responded: "Things from more than ten years ago have long gone, but where are you going to find them now?"

The second aunt immediately took over the conversation: "If you want to expect this shadowless thing to testify for you, you are just daydreaming. I advise you to plead guilty as soon as possible so that you can suffer less."

"Then Qianhuai would like to thank his second aunt for her kind words." Luo Qianhuai smiled faintly, looked up at Zheng En and said, "Trouble, Sir, please check the inside of the box to see if there is a four-leaf orchid secret mark. Because There is a word "lan" in my mother's name, so all her dowry carries this secret symbol."

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

At this moment, everyone around them realized that something was fishy.

"Luo Laoer. What's wrong with you, the bride?" Zheng En's face became serious.

<divclass="contentadv"> The second uncle knew better than the second aunt. He knew that if he failed this test today, he could not expect Li Zheng to help the family again, so he directly grabbed the box and held it in front of Zheng En. Come.

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

He was thoughtful and carefully inspected several of the items, including the gold cake, and found that, as Luo Qianhuai said, they all had orchid marks on them.

From this point of view, what Mrs. Luo said was true, and the accusations made by the Luo family just now were quite sinister.

Luo Qianhuai looked up at Zheng En's expression and secretly let out a long breath.

Just now she just saw such a mark engraved on the inside of the box and on a copper hairpin, so she boldly took a gamble, and she was right.

If you take this first step correctly, the road ahead will become wider.

"Bride of the Luo family, how do you want to explain now?" Zheng En asked his second aunt calmly.

"Why should I explain?" The second aunt jumped up and ran to her mother-in-law in three steps at a time, looking at her eagerly:

"Jun Aunt, you also know that the eldest brother exchanged the rewards into gold cakes and entrusted people to bring them back, and they always had this mark printed on them. I am responsible for taking care of the household, and after all these years, there is only so much left - wherever it goes A dowry?”

Before Luo Qianhuai said anything, an old man stood up.This is an elderly man named Zhou from this place who has always been very enthusiastic.

"If I'm not mistaken, the gold cake should be stamped with the word 'Zhenghe' on it, right?"

Zheng En noticed this mark just now, and nodded when he heard this: "There is indeed such a mark."

"That's it." Mr. Zhou said: "This gold cake is the dowry of Mrs. Luo's mother, and it is definitely not sent back by Mr. Luo for family use."

Luo Qianhuai didn't expect that he would meet allies when he thought he was fighting alone, and his spirits were immediately lifted.

It was just that she played the cooperation card, but she half raised her face and showed a sad smile. Her arms trembled to support her body, making her look increasingly weak, as if she would fall to the ground in the next moment.

"You're talking nonsense!" the second aunt retorted with a face full of embarrassment: "What can you confirm with just a stamp?"

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

"So what?"

"Mrs. Luo's grandfather was promoted to captain because of his contribution to the Western Conquest, so he was able to obtain this item and used it as a dowry for his daughter."

"Haha, how could you know these things?" The second aunt was still unconvinced.

"Time has passed for too long. I'm afraid you have all forgotten. The marriage of Luochuan back then was decided by our husband and wife together with Luochuan's biological mother. My eldest brother was also in the Western Expedition Army, and Mrs. Luo’s maternal grandfather was a close friend, so this marriage came about.”

"I just didn't expect that in just a dozen years, one of them died and the other disappeared. It was really hard for these three children."