I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

Han Qi's eyes moved to the position between Cui Tao's eyebrows.

Cui Tao touched the center of her brow and asked Han Qi what's wrong.

"I'm afraid there is not enough space," Han Qi saw that Cui Tao was puzzled, so he told her that the tattooed content was needed, "to be used for heavy duty in Kaifeng Mansion, Bianjing."

"That's too many words." Cui Tao thought there were only two words.

"Do you want to stab again?" Han Qi asked.

"It's okay if you don't stab."

Cui Tao reluctantly agreed, but Han Qi felt as if he was forcing her not to get tattooed.

"Your small courtyard has been renovated in a unique way." Han Qi suddenly changed the subject.

"If Tuiguan Han likes it, I can also help Tuiguan Han change the garden at home." Cui Tao immediately asked Han Qi what kind of garden he likes.

"Let's rest." Han Qi chuckled, "It's not that there are no cases recently, if you feel free, come to me tomorrow."

After Cui Tao agreed, she went back to the deserted courtyard, but couldn't sleep.

It happened that there were sheep casings, beef and pork left in the kitchen, which were probably broken before, so Cui Tao rubbed salt on them.Now just chop all the meat into minced meat. The stuffing doesn't have to be too delicate, but thicker, so that the meat can be seen, so it tastes refreshing.Then add sugar, soy sauce, five-spice powder and other condiments to marinate. Use the most flavorful single-headed garlic. If you like a stronger garlic flavor, add more garlic.

Mix the minced garlic into the meat stuffing, then use a funnel to pour the meat stuffing into the soaked sheep casings. When filling, tie knots with hemp rope at intervals, and then hang up the stuffed intestines.If you say that minced meat and sausage enema are all physical work, Cui Tao feels tired after this busy work, and it is easy to go to sleep again.

The next morning, after Wang Siniang and Ping'er got up, they were responsible for lighting the fire and washing vegetables and rice.After Cui Tao put the mung beans and white rice into the pot one after another, he put the meat sausage that had been air-dried for two hours last night in the stove and hung it to bake. He also made mahjong pancakes, radish with soy sauce, and sweet and sour bean sprouts in cold sauce.

After two hours of incense sticks, the aroma of barbecue sausages wafted out.When it is cooked, take out two sticks first, cut them up while they are hot, and eat them with side dish porridge and sesame seed cakes.

This breakfast is dry and thin, with vegetables and meat, it can be said to be very delicious.Wang Siniang was greedy, and ate all the sausage left on the plate, and she wanted to take another one, so she just took it directly and ate it with a quick bite.

"It's so delicious, I've never tasted garlic flavor before, why is it so delicious!" Wang Siniang's mouth was dripping with oil.

Ping'er was cleaning up the dishes, and after hearing the words, she looked at Wang Siniang worriedly.

"What are you looking at? Do you want to eat more?" Wang Siniang scolded Ping'er.

Ping'er silently glanced at Wang Siniang again, and after silently washing the dishes, she finally couldn't help asking: "Have you looked in the mirror recently?"

"What's the matter with you if I look in the mirror or not." Wang Siniang thought about it carefully, she really hasn't looked in the mirror recently.She has long been familiar with things like combing her hair. Anyway, she doesn't do any tricks, just tie it up casually, and just wear a headscarf.

"No wonder." Ping'er squeezed the fat on Wang Siniang's stomach, "You have gained a lot of weight, you don't know."

Wang Siniang was taken aback, and immediately ran back to the room to look in the mirror, only to find that her face was getting bigger.

Wang Siniang came out sadly, sighing with emotion.I think back then she was a slender young lady with thin skin and tender flesh. She fought and killed those rude men for many years in the cottage. She is getting fatter and stronger, and if she continues to gain weight now, she turned out to be invisible, and I'm afraid she will become 'completely invisible' in the future!

The terrible thing is that there are two comparisons beside her, Mrs. Cui and Ping'er both want good looks and good figures.Especially her eldest lady, Cui, who is sweet to the bones from head to toe. Even though she usually wears simple and loose clothes, anyone who knows how to distinguish a woman's figure knows that her protruding front and back are perfect!Anyway, who will use it in the future will know, and I don't know which bastard will have such good fortune.

In Wang Siniang's view, the eldest of her family is a fairy, unworthy of any man in the world, not even the emperor Lao Tzu.

Alas, think too far!

The trouble now is that she is getting fat again——

Wang Siniang went to the kitchen sadly, Cui Tao was busy wrapping sausages with lotus leaves, she had already packed three servings, two more would be enough.

"If you want to eat, take it yourself." Cui Tao signaled that there was still sausage left in the basin.

"Don't eat, I'm getting fat." Wang Siniang couldn't help swallowing as she looked at the red and attractive meat sausage.She clearly knew that she was fat, but she still asked Cui Tao unwillingly, "Am I fat?"

Cui Tao took a look at Wang Siniang, "It's not a problem if you grow a little flesh, just move a little more."

"Ms. Cui is right!" Wang Siniang took another piece of sausage without hesitation, happily put it into her mouth and ate it, "I can't lose my mouth, I just need to move more. No case? If there is a case, I can run a few more errands."

"The official Han said that arrangements will be made today."

Cui Tao asked Wang Siniang to help her deliver breakfast to Zhu Erniu.

Wang Siniang quickly and happily agreed, "Leave all the errands to me from now on!"

Cui Tao took the wrapped sausages and distributed them to Li Yuan, Li Cai, and Wang Zhao, and took another portion to Mrs. Zhang Wen.

After what Liu Wu did, Zhang Wenpo thought that Cui Tao would not talk to her again.Seeing someone come to see her today, she was a little flattered, and hurriedly invited Cui Tao in for a sip of tea.

"Let's go another day, and I have to go to Han Tuiguan right now." Cui Tao told Zhang Wenpo that the sausage can be eaten hot or fried, or it can be eaten cold.

Zhang Wenpo opened the lotus leaf bag, sniffed it, sighed, and thanked Cui Tao with a smile.

Cui Tao: "I also want to thank you. I have been in prison for so long, and the first good meal I ate was the fish porridge you bought for me."

Only then did Zhang Wenpo suddenly remembered something like that, "I would have forgotten if Mrs. Cui hadn't said it, but when I said it, things changed a lot after that. I never thought that Mrs. Cui would be what she is now." Like, you still work with me in the yamen."

After Zhang Wenpo finished speaking, she was afraid that Cui Tao would misunderstand, so she hurriedly added an explanation, "I never mean to ridicule Mrs. Cui, I mean Mrs. Cui is really powerful. As long as you have a talent, no matter what time you are, you can survive adversity." .”

"I'm still lucky. I met many good people." Cui Tao smiled and said goodbye politely.

Looking at the back of Cui Tao leaving, Zhang Wenpo couldn't help sighing: "It's not easy."

"Aunt, what's not simple?" A young woman of sixteen or seventeen ran over from the back of the house with a smile and told Zhang Wenpo that she had fumigated the corpse with vinegar.

"Naturally, it means that Mrs. Cui is not simple." Zhang Wenpo glanced at Zhang Susu, "You have to learn from others in the future."

Zhang Susu immediately nodded obediently, and after she followed Zhang Wenpo into the room, she saw the smell of sausage on the table, and asked who gave it to her.Hearing that it was a gift from Cui Tao, Zhang Susu immediately cut a piece and tasted it.When eating, I couldn't help opening my eyes in surprise, nodding and sighing that it was delicious.

"Auntie, I want to be like Mrs. Cui!" Zhang Susu swore.

Zhang Wenpo smiled gratifiedly and encouraged her to study hard.

……

When Cui Tao went to see Han Qi, she handed Zhang Chang the last portion of her intestines. Of course, this thing is not suitable for Han Qi directly.

After entering the room, she saw that Bao Zheng was also there, and politely saluted Han Qi, "I'm here to take the case."

"Judge Wang is on sick leave, and there are a lot of small cases piled up. I plan to assign them first, so that they can reconcile first." Han Qi explained to Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng lamented that Han Qi's idea was good, "There is nothing more than human feelings outside of legal principles. If there is no harm to the fundamental contradiction, it is an excellent move to reconcile first and then try."

Bao Zheng went on to praise Cui Tao for his outstanding performance in the Jiao corpse case, which is indispensable.

"I will try my best to fight for your affairs." Bao Zheng continued.

Cui Tao looked back at Bao Zheng suspiciously, and was about to ask what was the matter.

"The case file is already on the table." Han Qi suddenly instructed Cui Tao at this moment.

Cui Tao agreed, and resigned after taking the file on the table.

After a cursory review, she roughly figured out the basic situation of the whole case.

The defendant in this case is Cen, aged 25, married to Yan Sanlang of Yongquan Lane for eight years, widowed for seven years, and has no children under his knees.Now it is the eldest son of the Yan family, Yan Dalang, who is suing. Because of Cen's unwillingness to remarry, the Yan family has given them a handle, and they have been stabbed in the back by all kinds of rumors.Both of Cen's parents died, and both of Yan's parents were gone. Yan Dalang and his wife could not decide on Cen's marriage without authorization, so they sued the government and asked the government to come forward to solve the problem of Cen's remarriage.

There were so many murder cases, Cui Tao almost forgot that Kaifeng Mansion also had to settle civil disputes.

This case is indeed as Han Qi said, it is a small case.But small cases should not be underestimated. As the saying goes, it is difficult for an upright official to decide on family affairs. Big cases are clearly black and white, right and wrong, and it is easy to judge.This kind of small case is really "the public says the public is right, and the woman says the woman is right", and it is very likely that you can't tell who is at fault.

On the issue of remarriage between women and divorce in the Song Dynasty, the situation was relatively friendly. For example, "Song Xingtong" stipulated that "the husband will not return for three years, and he will not be able to ask questions for six years." Women can remarry or remarry, so husbands only need three years. If she doesn't go home or doesn't write letters for six years and doesn't greet her well, the wife can remarry, and it doesn't have to wait for the husband to die.There is also "the couple who are not in harmony but reconcile and divorce, do not sit", as long as the husband and wife are not in harmony, divorce is also a casual matter, and no additional punishment will be imposed.

Therefore, women's remarriage is a common trend no matter among the upper-class officials or the common people, and young women who are widowed are even more considered to remarry.At that time, it was not popular to advocate chastity, and even if a woman was determined to be a widow, her parents had the right to force her to remarry.Otherwise, it would be easy for people to use this matter as an excuse, and be talked about and ridiculed by the neighbors around. This is the case of the Yan family in this case.

At present, it seems that there is nothing serious about this case, but if you want to say who is right and who is wrong, you can't tell.what to do?Reconciling the contradictions between the two parties is the first choice.

Cui Tao found that this case was really suitable for her to handle. The officials handling the case in Kaifeng Mansion were all men, so they couldn't be like her, and they could talk to the defendant Cen casually.

Cui Tao took Wang Siniang and Ping'er to Yongquan Lane, first to chat with Mrs. Cen.Cen's house is next door to Yan Dalang's house, with two rooms and a small door. The door is very clean, and there is a row of pink flowers under the wall, which are blooming just right.

After Wang Siniang knocked on the door, she heard a woman's crisp voice coming from inside the room.

"Who is it?"

"The Kaifeng government handles the case."

Not long after Wang Siniang replied, a woman in a plain dress opened the door.This woman has ordinary looks, with willow-leaf eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, a small nose, thin lips, an oval face, and a thin body, but she has a gentle and virtuous appearance, which makes people feel comfortable just looking at her.

At first, she only opened the door slit three inches wide, revealing a pair of curious eyes to look at the people outside.

Now that she was running errands for the Kaifeng Mansion, Cui Tao naturally got a badge, and she immediately showed it to Cen.

"Unexpectedly, there are female servants in Kaifeng Mansion." Cen opened the door with a smile, probably because it was rare to see a female handling a case, but she was not afraid, but rather kind.She warmly invited them into the house, and poured her own brewed mustard drink for the three of them.

The soup has a faint taste of licorice and fenugreek. It is sweet in the mouth and can also taste the fruity aroma of ebony. It is very comfortable to drink.Cui Tao directly sighed that Cen's fennel drink was delicious.

"If ladies like it, they should drink more. They have endured a lot." Mrs. Cen smiled politely, looking at people with gentle eyes, indescribably understanding.

Ping'er likes Cen's gentleness and gracefulness very much, because thinking of her being sued to Kaifeng Mansion for no reason, she can't help feeling sad for her in her heart.If she finds out that she has been sued by her late husband's elder brother, she will be so disappointed and sad.

Cui Tao immediately explained the purpose of this visit, and when Cen heard that she was sued by Yan Dalang, she lowered her head sullenly, as expected, she was very sad.

"Brother and sister-in-law have told me that if I insist on not remarrying, they will sue me to the government." Cen wept as she spoke, and turned her back to avoid being seen by Cui Tao and others crying look like.

"Then why don't you want to remarry?" Ping'er asked tentatively.

"There's no reason, I just think it's good to be like this." Cen said.

"But aren't you afraid that you will be left alone when you get old, and no one will take care of you?" Ping'er asked again.

"Let's talk about it at that time, anyway, I don't want to marry now." Cen said firmly without hesitation.

Cui Tao listened quietly, but didn't say much.

"That's right, it's so refreshing to live alone. Who knows what the hell you'll marry if you remarry. Just like me, I met someone who wanted to kill me, and even found someone else behind my back!"

Immediately Wang Siniang looked at the layout of the house curiously, everything was put together neatly, and she sighed that Mrs. Cen is a good wife who can live a life, but it is a pity that her late husband was not blessed and left early.

"That's not to be afraid, what will happen if we live alone for the rest of our lives!"

Cen smiled perfunctorily, but did not agree with Wang Siniang's words. It seemed that she did not fully agree with Wang Siniang's meaning.

Cui Tao probably noticed some clues. It's not that Cen doesn't want to remarry at all, but judging from her resolute tone before, she definitely doesn't want to marry now... It seems that one can draw a conclusion that Cen may have someone in her heart. How inconvenient that person is now, she wants to wait and see.

Cui Tao and the others are not familiar with Cen Shi, and now they are meeting for the first time, but they can't expect Cen Shi to tell them these things from the bottom of their hearts.

Cui Tao then bid farewell to Cen and came to Yan Dalang's house next door to Cen.

Yan Dalang is working outside now, only Yan Dalang's wife Di Shi and three children are at home.

Di Shi sent the three children to play by themselves, and hurriedly greeted Cui Tao and others.There is no herbal drink in her house, only plain water.

Di Shi was a little embarrassed, "I don't know if the three ladies are coming, I have nothing prepared at home."

"It's okay, we didn't come here to drink tea." Cui Tao invited Shi Di to sit down and asked her to tell him about the situation at Shi Cen's side.

When mentioning her, Di Shi became furious, "I really don't know why she is so stubborn. How many years has she been there? Since she was a widow until now, we have persuaded her, but she didn't listen. But now she is very serious. Our backbones were broken by outsiders! Our family doesn’t have any good business, we just make a living by selling biscuits. Now because of this matter, no one buys our biscuits anymore, saying that we are mean to her. The family There are still three children to support, and the eldest son still needs to study, but now he can’t even afford the money to buy paper!”

Dishi burst into tears as he spoke, and wiped his tears with his sleeve in aggrieved manner.

"She just didn't remarry, what does it have to do with your family?" Wang Siniang was very surprised.

"It has something to do with it, and it has a lot to do with it. If you don't believe me, please ask the three ladies to go outside to find out what they say about our family! If it weren't for my eldest son who has to go to school, we can't move, our family would have moved out of Bianjing. I can't live anymore."

Dishi cried even more while talking, and scolded Na Cen for being heartless, causing their family to have no business and drinking northwest wind.

"What does Cen do for a living now?" Cui Tao asked.

"She can make a living, and she only weaves some cloth every day. One person can feed the whole family without hunger, so naturally they live comfortably." Di Shi was still angry.

"But it's their business not to remarry. Isn't it a bit too much for you to sue the government? If the neighbors don't understand, just reason with them and tell them that it's not your fault." Ping'er whispered.

Hearing this, Di Shi was even angrier, stood up and said to Ping'er with red eyes: "Then please help me, this little lady, to explain it for us, I can really explain it clearly, I will kowtow three times every day to thank you! "

Dishi knelt down after saying that.

Ping'er was startled, she hurriedly said that she didn't dare, and went to help Di Shi.Di Shi refused to get up, and asked Cui Tao to make decisions for herself.Immediately, they called three more children, the oldest was 13 years old, and the youngest was only five years old, and they knelt down for Cui Tao and others together.

"Get up, there will be a solution."

Cui Tao helped Di Shi up, and then patted the head of the Yan family's youngest son, but saw that the child's face had several broken skin, which had already scabbed over.

"Did you fall for fun?"

The little guy shook his head, and hid beside Di Shi in fear.

Dishi hurriedly hugged the child, coaxing him not to be afraid, "This lady is here to help us, tell me quickly, how did you get the injury on your face?"

"They said... Daddy and Auntie are vicious, and my third aunt is not allowed to remarry. I am a little vicious. I was afraid of them, so I ran away and fell." Di Shi's third son said in a childlike voice.

"Oh, these children are so bad! Pity our children's fair and tender faces!" Wang Siniang followed with regret.

After leaving Yan Dalang's house, Wang Siniang and Ping'er started to quarrel.

Wang Siniang said that Yan Dalang's family was pitiful, but because of Cen's refusal to remarry, the whole family was miserable.Ping Er felt pitiful for Mrs. Cen, who was poor after being a widow for so many years, but could not choose her own life, and was forced by her husband's brother and sister-in-law to remarry, which was unreasonable.

"Who is unreasonable? Since it is a family, her business will become someone else's business, and she will implicate others!" Wang Siniang asked Ping'er if she saw the injury on the child's face.

"But it wasn't caused by Mrs. Cen, and she didn't want to. She lived this good life as she liked, why did outsiders control her so leniently and force her? She was wronged!" Ping'er retorted.

The two immediately asked Cui Tao which side to choose.

"Why do you have to choose?" Cui Tao said, "When there are two things that require you to hesitate to choose, it means that you don't understand enough."

After Cui Tao finished speaking, she looked at the children who were playing together at the entrance of the alley, and she immediately reached out to Wang Siniang.

Wang Siniang was stunned, wondering what Cui Tao meant.

Ping'er started immediately, took out the bag of snacks that Wang Siniang carried with her, and gave it to Cui Tao.

"Ah, that's what I wanted." Wang Siniang suddenly realized that she was not as smart as Ping'er, and she must understand it next time!

Cui Tao walked among the children with a smile, first showed her waist card, and told the children that she was from the Kaifeng mansion, then knelt down and asked them: "Which one do you like more, Mrs. Cen or Yan Dalang's family? Answer me." If you don’t have a problem, just have a snack, but it’s so sweet, if you don’t believe me, you can smell it.”

Cui Tao opened the paper bag, and the snow-white sweet-scented osmanthus cake and the light green fresh mung bean cake exuded a hint of sweetness.

The children couldn't help swallowing, and seeing the sweet and amiable little lady in front of them, they were not afraid of her, so they all came together and answered the same answer: Lady Cen.

They all like Mrs. Cen the most.

"Why?" Cui Tao asked again.

The children talked in a hurry.

"Miss Cen is a nice person, she smiles when she sees us."

"We trampled Mrs. Cen's flowers, and Mrs. Cen will not be angry and scold us."

"Miss Cen also gave us delicious fenugreek drink!"

……

"Miss Cen's fenugreek drink is delicious, we just drank it too." Cui Tao agreed.

After hearing this, the children became closer to Cui Tao, and they all took snacks and started eating.

"What about Yan Dalang's family, did they treat you badly?" Cui Tao asked again.

The children hesitated, and some shook their heads, saying that Yan Dalang was too serious and didn't like to laugh, and looked scary; some said that Yan Dalang's wife, Di Shi, was too fierce and a shrew.There are also those who can't say anything. They don't think about Yan Dalang's family, but they like Mrs. Cen more because Mrs. Cen is a good person.

"Da Lang Erlang, what are you doing!" A woman came out from a house not far away, saw the situation here, shouted and walked over.

Cui Tao stood up and explained to the woman that she was from Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the case.Afterwards, Cui Tao did not forget to tell the children not to eat anything given by strangers, but it doesn't matter if she is from the government.

The children agreed one after another, and then ran to play again.

The woman apologized to Cui Tao in embarrassment, "I really didn't expect the three young ladies to be from Kaifeng Mansion."

Cui Tao knew that this woman was Li Shi, who had lived in this alley for more than ten years, and knew that she knew the situation very well, so she asked her about the situation of Cen Shi and Yan Dalang's family.

Mrs. Li heard that Yan Dalang had sued Mrs. Cen to the government, and immediately frowned: "How could he do such a thing? Didn't their family bully Mrs. Cen enough? Mrs. Cen is also miserable enough, let them suffer."

"Yan Dalang is looking forward to her marriage, at most he is doing bad things with good intentions, how can he be bullied?" Cui Tao asked puzzled.

"It's just bullying! Mrs. Cen is gentle and skilled. She has been a widow all these years, and Yan Dalang's family has spent the money she earned from weaving and embroidery with peace of mind. Now because we all talk about him, he can't face it, so we just talk about it." She wanted to marry Miss Cen to someone else. But how could Lady Cen be willing to be fooled like that? Marriage is a big deal. I'm afraid Yan Dalang's family will sell her for money. Lady Cen just said wait, He was in a hurry and sued the government!"

The more Li talked, the more angry she became, and she asked Cui Tao to help, so as to punish Yan Dalang's family.

"This family is so unreasonable. They sucked the blood of Mrs. Cen and wanted to be famous. He thought he sued the government, so we believed him innocent?" Li pinched his waist and sneered repeatedly.

Cui Tao probably knew it well, most of the rumors were lies.Cen's life is orderly, and he still has leisure time to brew fragrant berries. Judging from the decorations in the house, it doesn't look like he is short of money. Case.

Cui Tao then inquired about the news with the other two women who happened to meet in the alley, and their attitudes were similar to Li's.And another person whispered to her that the reason why Yan Dalang didn't want Cen to remarry was because he had long coveted Cen's beauty.

After hearing these remarks, Wang Siniang was dumbfounded. She really didn't expect that Yan Dalang's family she supported was such a person.

"It's a pity that when Di Shi was crying, I sympathized." Wang Siniang said angrily.

Ping'er pursed her lips lightly, "I'll just say, Mrs. Cen is very pitiful."

Cui Tao asked Yan Dalang where the biscuits were sold, and went to the street market to see him.

I saw Yan Dalang standing among the vendors. After a while, all other houses had business, but his didn't.The nearby vendors looked at him differently, as if with contempt and mockery.Two women who finished buying melons said they were going to sell sesame seed cakes, but the man who sold pears advised them to buy elsewhere, and the two young ladies asked why.The melon vendor whispered to them that Yan Dalang was vicious in forbidding his sister-in-law to marry.The two young ladies were really angry when they heard the words, they decided not to buy it, and left directly.

Looking at the number of biscuits in Yan Dalang's basket now, it seems almost untouched, probably a few that have not been sold.

Seeing Cui Tao looking in Yan Dalang's direction while picking up melons, the melon vendor hurriedly said the same thing to Cui Tao.

Cui Fu picked ten melons and paid for them.

"I see that he has a good face, but he's not like what you said. What you said came from hearsay, right?" Cui Tao questioned.

"No, the people who live in their alley told me. Little lady, don't trust a face! Why don't you think about it, why don't even the people in the alley with him buy his sesame seed cakes? Not really There is something wrong with him. He didn't sell here originally, and he came here nearly half a month ago. He was at Zhouqiao before, and he ran to us because he was disgusted by people." The pear vendor said.

Cui Tao nodded in agreement, then walked up to Yan Dalang, and told him: "I bought all the biscuits, and I will send them home."

Yan Dalang bowed his head limply because he had no business, wishing he could bury his head in his collar.Hearing Cui Tao's words suddenly became energetic, and hurriedly agreed excitedly, and then picked up the sesame seed basket to follow.

On the way to Kaifeng Mansion, Yan Dalang could see that he was a little happy because he sold sesame seed cakes, but he didn't say much in silence, and he didn't talk to Cui Tao and the others, let alone say anything nice.It can be seen that he is not a smooth-talking person, and his temper is a bit boring, but it is also true.

When Cui Tao led Yan Dalang to the back door of Kaifeng Mansion, Yan Dalang recognized the place and was shocked.

Cui Tao told him not to be afraid.After taking him into the Kaifeng mansion, Cui Tao gave Yan Dalang money, but Yan Dalang didn't dare to ask for it, he shied away repeatedly before accepting it.

"Do you know the rumors about you outside?" Cui Tao asked Yan Dalang to sit down in her newly built gazebo, and poured him a cup of tea.

"You know, everyone said that I forced Cen to become a widow and not let her remarry, but I never had such intentions. After she finished mourning for her third brother, I asked my wife to persuade her, after all, she is so young. But she said that she didn't have that kind of thought for the time being, so naturally we couldn't force him, so we let her go.

Unexpectedly, in the past few years, there have been more and more rumors outside, that I forced her to become a widow, and even more evil, that I coveted her beauty.So my Yan family absolutely didn't dare to keep this person, so I asked my wife to find a suitable family and remarry for Zhang Luo, but she still didn't want to, and started crying after talking too much.Now that I am not a human being inside and out, I almost don't want to live anymore! "

Yan Dalang told Cui Tao that his current biscuit business is getting worse and worse, and he has no way to support his family. He used to sell more than four baskets a day, but now he can't sell out one basket.If this continues, he will not even have the money to buy noodles and make biscuits.

"I also heard that Cen's weaving money was squeezed out by your family?"

"Who said this?" Yan Dalang slapped the table angrily, "We didn't covet her for a penny. In the past, we never forgot to give her a share of anything to eat during the New Year. She will naturally return gifts. She will buy something for her children from time to time. How can she frame us like this again and again by outsiders?"

Seeing him blushing, Cui Tao could see that he was aggrieved and furious, so she let him have a sip of tea to calm down first.

After Yan Dalang drank the tea, his complexion improved slightly.He suddenly knelt down and asked Cui Tao to make the decision for him.

He really couldn't stand these rumors anymore. It would be fine if he was the only one in the family. He also had a wife and children. They shouldn't suffer this crime for no reason.

"Do you believe I can handle it well?" Cui Tao asked.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, the cases in Kaifeng Mansion have always been investigated by men, but suddenly it is a woman, most people may not believe it.

"I can see that the lady is a good person. When I came to Kaifeng Mansion to deliver the papers last time, I heard the servants mention Mrs. Cui, saying that the ability of the lady Cui is not comparable to that of all the officials in Kaifeng Mansion combined." Yan Dalang was honest. He said, "I know my case is not serious, and I shouldn't report it to the officials, and I shouldn't bother the officials of Kaifeng Mansion, but I really have no choice. Even the housework, I have to trouble the yamen to solve it for me! "

Cui Tao nodded, and sent Yan Dalang back for now, and told him that since he believed her, he should stay honest when he returned home and not conflict with Cen.

Cui Tao then wrote down what she saw and heard today on paper and presented it to Han Qi.

After reading it, Han Qi asked Cui Tao for his conclusion.

"Does Han Tui come to a conclusion?" Cui Tao asked Han Qi.

"This Cen family knows how to behave." Han Qi only said one sentence.

"But it's not bad to be a man. It's sad to be a widow, so you can't help complaining, that's right. If you have preconceived ideas and think that Mrs. Cen will remarry at such a young age, you will easily misunderstand what you said, and things may change. Once rumors spread, there will be stories mixed in." Cui Tao said, "It's better to break up an enemy than to make a knot, and there is nothing wrong with my own family, and they are relatives, so why bother to turn against each other."

Hearing Cui Tao's words, Han Qi knew that she had already made up her mind, so let her deal with it according to her own ideas.

"Han Tuiguan doesn't even ask, are you afraid that I won't handle it well?" Cui Tao asked intentionally.

Han Qi laughed, "It's done, there are fried deer preserves."

Cui Tao's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately assured that she would handle the case properly without going to court.

"Han Tuiguan's fried deer preserves must be ready!" Cui Tao said and ran out happily.

Han Qi put down the pen in his hand, looked out the window at the figure running away, and didn't pick up the pen again until he disappeared.

The next day, Cui Tao came to see Yan Dalang's family and Cen's family with the two sausages she made.

After listening to Yan Dalang's talk about the situation last night, Mrs. Di found out that there were rumors that they had stolen Cen's money.Di Shi was so angry that he cried, and sighed that they didn't know what was wrong, and they should suffer this crime.

When Cui Tao brought Cen Shi over, Di Shi was so angry that he cursed Cen Shi.

"Where are they sorry for you? You want to slander us outside like this? What did I do in my previous life? I'm sorry for you?"

Cen was also in tears, and quickly shook her head to express that she had never told anyone about this before.

"If you don't say it, how could they spread such a word?" Di Shi asked.

"I... I don't know either." Cen's tears continued

"Mr. Li in the east of the lane, have you ever told her that you want to give money to Yan Dalang's family?" Cui Tao interrupted and asked Cen.

Cen was stunned for a moment, and said aggrievedly: "I said it, but I didn't say that my eldest brother and sister-in-law squeezed my money for weaving. It just happened that there was a festival at that time, so I said I would pack some money and send it there."

"That's it. If they believe that you are being bullied, they will presume that you were squeezed out of money by them after hearing you say this."

For example, Yan Dalang coveted Cen's beauty because Cen had always insisted on being a widow. When others saw Yan Dalang and his wife talking to Cen.Yan Dalang and his wife are strong, but Cen is gentle, so they think that Cen is being bullied.They didn't believe that Mrs. Cen was their own widow, so they made arrangements for Yan Dalang.

Now Cen Dalang started to force Cen Shi to remarry because of the rumors, but Cen Shi didn't want to, and was sad because of this, which caused even more speculation and abuse.

After listening to Cui Tao's detailed analysis, Cen suddenly realized, "How could this be? I'll explain it to them right now."

"If you tell those people specifically now, they may not believe you, but think that you were persecuted by Yan Dalang. After that, it will only be more difficult for their family to live in this alley, and the biscuit business is still not good. It will be better."

"Brother and sister-in-law, I'm sorry. I really didn't know that the outside world spread the news like this and caused you so much trouble. I thought you ignored me for more than a year because you thought I didn't listen to you and remarried." Cen cried apologetically.

Di Shi sighed, knowing that Cen Shi could not be blamed now.But now that the situation is like this, she will inevitably feel resentment in her heart.The same is true for Yan Dalang.

"I have a good solution." Cui Tao then asked Cen if she was willing to talk to her brother and sister-in-law, "You are not determined not to remarry, are you?"

Cen was stunned for a moment, and then she confessed to Di and Yan Dalang that there was actually one person on her mind all the time, and that was Ma Silang, who was in the silk business at the north end of the alley.However, Ma Silang has been doing business in the Liangzhe area in recent years, and rarely comes back, so she wanted to wait for him.

This Ma Silang always travels all over the world because of his business, and has never married a wife. He is also afraid that he will not return after three years away from home. According to the law, his wife can remarry. It is better not to marry, so as not to delay others.

"You should have said it earlier, but he is worried about not being able to find a lover who can wait for him. If you are interested, we can help you with this matter. If it doesn't work, you can let him go to Liangzhe." Di Shi sighed road.

Cui Tao came up with another idea, asking Cen and Di to sell sesame seed cakes together, and Cen could also sell her homemade fenugreek drink.In this way, outsiders see that their sister-in-law and sister-in-law are getting along well, and because they like to sympathize with Mrs. Cen, they will patronize her business.As time goes by, you will naturally gradually understand that Cen is indeed a widow on her own, and there is nothing wrong between the two of them.

In the following three days, Cen and Di followed Cui Tao's idea and went to sell sesame seed cakes together. Sure enough, the business gradually improved, and the rumors in the alley began to change.Dishi also made it clear that Cen's share of money for helping to buy sesame seed cakes would never be lost.Mrs. Cen also earned an extra income from selling fenugreek drinks.

Both problems were solved.

At this time, those who heard about the case couldn't help but sigh, because the matter that had tortured the two families for so long, it was because Mrs. Cui was alone.