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After returning to Yangting County, Xie Qinghe quickly returned to normal life.

He had just returned home for some necessary favors, so he first spared time to go to the manor to visit Mr. Zhuang and Mr. Liu. After He Jing’s home was settled, he also sent a post asking Xie Qinghe to go play with the Jiang sisters and Zhuang Tong. one day.After all, the weather is hot, the autumn tiger is extremely ferocious, and the people who come and go are all decent people. It is not good for anyone to go out with their chests and backs exposed, so they don't like to walk around. He Jing also honestly stayed at home to enlighten his son.

After more than ten days, several autumn rains came down, and the weather gradually became cooler.

Zhuang Tong and He Jing came to make appointments one after another. In Yangting, autumn outings are a very fashionable pastime.

Xie Qinghe has nothing to do with such invitations, while the Jiang sisters are very keen on accepting Mi's invitation.

Xie Qinghe arranged for the two of them to make clothes for the autumn outing, put on new jewelry, and go out with them dressed up beautifully.The mountains in Yangting are not too high, and the mountain roads have long been paved with stone slabs by wealthy households. The girls can walk easily. They go to the mountains to drink chrysanthemum wine and eat crab feasts in front of Gaoyan Waterfall. The family laughs and laughs happily.

Go to the mountains in the morning and return home in the evening.

Back home, Shu Jing immediately brought hot water for washing the dust.After washing and changing clothes, there are simple meals cooked by Shu Jing on the table.

Jiang Erniang was thinking about the life of her clothes and her hands and her mouth, and remembering that her parents were hurt by the scene, she couldn't help but said: "I don't know what kind of life my parents are living at home?"

When people enjoy happiness, they want to share their happiness with the one they love the most. This is the instinct of normal people.

Jiang Youniang had already arrived at the table, and was about to pick up some food, when she heard the words, her expression darkened instantly.When everyone was so happy, Jiang Erniang suddenly mentioned her parents, as if she and her younger brother were not filial, and she ate and drank spicy food, but caused the innocent parents at home to be horrified and punished by Anjia?

Jiang Youniang never complained about selling herself to Ms. Zhao's parents, but she was blinded by this matter and suffered great harm.

As she gradually regained her health, she got used to seeing things with one eye, covered her broken eyes with bangs on her forehead every day, happily read and read with her younger brother every day, and did housework as usual, Jiang Erniang seemed to forget She is the victim.

In front of her younger brother, Jiang Erniang didn't dare to talk too much. When she was with Jiang Youniang, she always talked about it, saying that she was worried about her parents.

The speaker may not be unintentional, but the listener is sensitive and intentional. Jiang Youniang has long been angry about this.

"Second sister is so worried about parents, I will accompany you home to have a look tomorrow!" Jiang Youniang sneered and put down her chopsticks, "If parents eat chaff and swallow vegetables and suffer all kinds of exclusion, just ask dad to take me to settle down Make amends. As long as I die, the An family will not bear any grudges against my father, maybe they can continue to reward my father with a bite of food."

Jiang Erniang looked at her in disbelief: "That's not what I meant. How did you become so mean?"

"Sister's words are interesting. I just went out to play for a day, and everyone was very tired when I got home. I sat down and had a good meal. You have to spoil the fun and talk about your parents. Who is it? Can’t you see people are good? I also want to ask my second sister, you just keep nagging, what’s wrong with your parents, what’s wrong with you, can you come up with an idea to save your parents? Apart from using me to set up a family to make up for the crime, what can you do to save them? Parents? You can't do anything about it at all, just talk about it, what do you mean? Don't you just want to force me to settle down and die as a punishment?!" Jiang Youniang asked angrily.

Jiang Erniang explained: "I just miss my parents, and I don't mean to ask you to go home to make amends. You can't misunderstand me like this."

"Why did I misunderstand you? You just yell and don't come up with an idea. Don't you just want me and my brother to find a way? You want to be filial to your parents and don't push yourself up. Instead, push me and my brother away." Is my brother on the head? If you are close, you will call a filial daughter? No matter how bad I am, Jiang Youniang will let them sell it for a while! What did you do for your parents? You just run on me?!" Jiang Youniang was extremely angry .

Obviously, Jiang Youniang was not without resentment for being forcibly sold by her parents to the Zhao family as an adopted daughter, but she was oppressed by filial piety and dared not sue.

Jiang Erniang was particularly aggrieved: "I just said a word, why do you have so much resentment? It's all directed at me."

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The two sisters quarreled like this.

The two of them often quarreled at home. After Jiang Erniang got married, the relationship between the sisters improved a little.

The quarrel between sisters should not be made public. If the younger brother hears it and reports it to Mrs. Zhang, both of them will be beaten.Therefore, the two of them quarreled, and they didn't bother to pull Xie Qinghe to judge.However, this was the first time they quarreled in front of the younger brother, and both of them tried their best to explain their reasons and grievances, hoping that the younger brother would take the initiative to judge.

Unexpectedly, Xie Qinghe didn't even raise his eyelids, he lowered his head and ate alone.

——The two sisters quarrel, is it his turn to be the referee?Xie Qinghe finished his meal, and the two sisters were still arguing.

Jiang Erniang had already started to cry, but Jiang Youniang was very angry: "Why are you crying? You have something to say, it's like I'm bullying you!"

The weeping Jiang Erniang is not without fighting power, she just likes to cry, and even tears to refute while crying, and quarrels with Jiang Youniang.The two sisters were angry, and they both believed that the other's virtue was at fault, and neither of them would admit defeat.

Xie Qinghe left the banquet to wash his mouth, changed into Yanju common clothes, and planned to take a break from evening class, but Jiang Erniang and Jiang Youniang were still arguing.

The two stopped eating, and quarreled from the dining room to the corridor, and from the corridor to the kitchen.The kitchen was separated from the main room where Xie Qinghe lived by an entire courtyard, and the noise of the two of them could be heard clearly in Xie Qinghe's ears, and the meaning was very clear - someone needed to fight and judge.

Xie Qinghe sat down in front of the lit candlestick, listening to the noise outside the door, he still had no intention of dissuading him.

The two older sisters quarreled, and he refused to try to persuade them, which had nothing to do with his "respecting the elder sister as a child".He just refused to take over.As Jiang Youniang said, Erniang Jiang would only talk about Jiang Zhanwen and Mrs. Zhang, she had no ability to help her parents, she would only be sad.

The root of the quarrel between Jiang Erniang and Jiang Youniang came from the concern for his parents, Xie Qinghe had to agree to resolve the matter if he wanted to persuade them to fight.

Xie Qinghe didn't want to solve this matter at all.

He believed that Jiang Zhanwen and the Zhang family did it on their own.If they didn't have the heart to sell Jiang Youniang for a good price and ask her daughter to be a concubine to go to Gao Zhi'er in the Marquis Mansion, where would they be in trouble today?What was sown that day was the root of disaster, and dreaming will bring blessings. How can there be such a good thing in the world?

From the moment she learned that Jiang Youniang was sent to the capital to be a concubine and hurried out of the Jiang family, Xie Qinghe was no longer Jiang Yingzhou.

Whether the Jiang family and his wife are dead or alive, whether they are living well, whether they are being angered by An's family... It has nothing to do with him.

Xie Qinghe put on his cloak, went out and told Shu Jing, "Light a lantern."

Seeing that he was about to go out, Shu Jing quickly went to fetch the lantern, lit it and sent it over, and asked, "Master, can I serve you to go out?"

Xie Qinghe shook his head and ordered: "You guard the door at home, I won't come back tonight."

There are still female relatives at home, if Xie Qinghe doesn't return overnight, Shu Jing must be at home to guard the door.Shu Jing didn't dare to ask him where he was going when he went out now, he gently closed the courtyard door, led the way with a lamp, and sent Xie Qinghe all the way down the slope.

Turning the corner, there is a restaurant with bright lights and loud laughter. Xie Qinghe took the lantern and said, "Go back."

Standing in the distance, Shu Jing bowed his waist, seeing Xie Qinghe avoiding the solicitation of customers from the restaurant and walking all the way, he turned around and climbed the hill to go home. There were lanterns hanging in front of the courtyard and pumice stones on the ground, the only thing that was not good Yes, Jiang Erniang and Jiang Youniang are still arguing in the yard.

Shu Jing sighed silently, and bolted the courtyard door.

The two aunts quarreled, and the master didn't dare to intervene. How could Shu Jing speak?As a servant at home, the two masters were busy arguing and refused to sleep, and he couldn't wash up and go back to the house to rest, so he had to sit on the porch in a daze against the howling autumn wind.

the other side.

Xie Qinghe went to the hut where he used to rent with a lamp, lit the lamp, fetched water to wipe the bed, and meditated to rest.

He is extremely picky about where he lives.

It is natural to have a high bed and soft pillows, and the surroundings are clean and tidy. The most important thing is that the people living under the same roof have a kind temperament and no ill will towards each other.

Xie Qinghe couldn't live with the hypocritical and violent Jiang Zhanwen and the vitriolic Zhang family for a long time, and especially hated the hostility and critical shouting at home.If Jiang Erniang and Jiang Youniang are always arguing, then his previous idea of ​​living with his sisters will be completely dispelled.

It's not that he wants to give up on his sisters, what Xie Qinghe considers is that he can rent another residence in Yangting County.

He has already realized that today's noise is just the beginning of the restlessness at home.

As long as the problems of parents and filial piety are not resolved for a day, neither Jiang Erniang nor Jiang Youniang will give up with him.

——He knew that he was not Jiang Yingzhou, and that Jiang Zhanwen and Zhang's doting had killed the whole family, but the Jiang sisters didn't know.Xie Qinghe did not have the obligation to be filial to Jiang Zhanwen and the Zhang family, so why should Jiang Yingzhou be disfilial to his doting parents?

Xie Qinghe didn't think there was anything wrong with Jiang Erniang and Jiang Youniang thinking about their parents.No matter how mean Jiang Zhanwen and Zhang are to their daughters, they still have the grace of giving birth to them. Jiang Erniang and Jiang Youniang are real people with ideas and feelings. Besides, they are indeed Jiang Zhanwen and Zhang's biological daughters, not "outsiders" like Xie Qinghe .They want to be filial to their parents, Xie Qinghe fully understands.

However, their concern for their parents and their eagerness to be filial have nothing to do with Xie Qinghe.

His sympathy and help to the Jiang family sisters was just a sudden thought of compassion in his heart at the beginning, and it was neither an obligation nor a responsibility.

Just because he is willing to be nice to the two innocent girls doesn't mean he wants to do everything and fulfill all the wishes of the Jiang family sisters.Jiang Erniang wants her father to be kind and her son to be filial, and the whole family to be happy, so Xie Qinghe has to go back to Jiang's house and continue to pretend to be a good son for Jiang Zhanwen?These are all unreasonable things.

Xie Qinghe made up his mind to rent a place tomorrow, and took evening classes to prepare for a rest.

The house had been evacuated long ago, except for a few pieces of furniture left by the landlord, there were no bedding or bedding.

Xie Qinghe wanted to meditate and adjust his breath all night, but Jiang Yingzhou was an unrefined skinny person who would get tired after sitting for a long time.He stayed up until midnight, only to feel back pain, so he had to go to the yard to punch and stretch his muscles and bones. When he came back and saw the bare bed board, he had no choice but to roll up his cloak as a pillow, and curled up on it dryly.

Wake up all night, the sky is already bright.

Xie Qinghe recombed his sleepy hair, had no clothes to change, put the cloak on his arm, and strolled home.

Just after walking out of Minxiang and stepping into Changjie Avenue, I saw a tall and thin familiar figure, who was the janitor of Nanbei Grocery Store.In front is the pier, it seems that this person came by boat.Xie Qinghe greeted: "Little brother?"

Xianyuyu was asking for directions at Baozipu, when he heard the words, he raised his head quickly, and with his eyes like lightning, he spotted Xie Qinghe from the crowd.

"Hey!" He promised, thanked the locals who were showing him the way, and rushed to Xie Qinghe with his bag, "The real man is on top, disciple Xian Yuyu pays homage to him!"

This long street is very lively. There are a large number of students going in and out of the manor in front of it. To the east is the shallow water pier. There are also frequent caravans. Where there are crowds, there will naturally be businesses. few.At this moment, the sky was completely bright, and the streets were bustling with people. Xian Yuyu was a practitioner, and when he spoke, he was full of air, and many people looked sideways at him when he opened his mouth.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he bowed his head and bowed. Xie Qinghe was not willing to accept the gift, so he held his arm firmly with a smile: "No, must, more, courtesy."

"Elder Tan and I made an appointment to come every three to five months, so it's less than three months?" Xie Qinghe took Xian Yuyu home and chatted a few words on the way.

Xian Yuyu said flatteringly: "It's the disciple who begged to come first, and wanted to ask the real person for advice on the art of gathering stars."

Xie Qinghe thought of his belt with the yin and yang fish on it, and said: "The Tianxing Zhenfu on your belt is very powerful, but it's just that you have read the classics to death and don't know how to adapt it." Jian Xianyu Yu showed a worried and cautious expression , he smiled, "It's also simple. If you are interested in this, I can teach you astronomy. If you think astrology is too difficult to get started, it's okay to give you a star map of this life. I remember it. Copy it to me. You."

Ordinary astrology is to observe the sky with the naked eye, looking for the distribution track of the stars in the sky.

The astrology of monks is much more complicated. After all, the stars that can be recognized by the naked eye are very limited, and they are often restricted by the region and weather.Great practitioners not only have far better eyesight than ordinary people, but it is said that they can travel to the sky, go between the Big Dipper and the South Dipper, and see many stars that cannot be peeked by the naked eye.

Xie Qinghe's stargazing technique is the secret of being able to travel far and wide. He was afraid that Xian Yuyu would not be able to learn it, so he said that he copied the star map of this world.

Xian Yuyu was so happy that he wanted to accept his head again and bowed, Xie Qinghe held him tightly: "Your problem... quickly correct it."

On their way home, Xie Qinghe bought deep-fried dough sticks and soy milk, cut up sauced meat and dried tofu, and half a catty of stewed noodles at the neighbor's shop.Xianyuyu was very curious about fried dough sticks wrapped in glutinous rice, Xie Qinghe also bought him two.When the two of them entered the door together, the sisters of the Jiang family, who had been fighting coldly and refused to talk to each other, realized in shock that her brother was not at home last night—he only came back this morning.

"This is a friend I met in the capital, and he is the apprentice of Elder Tan." Xie Qinghe introduced to everyone.

Xian Yuyu was not Elder Tan's apprentice, but Xie Qinghe insisted on introducing it like this, and Xian Yuyu didn't refute it.Xie Qinghe agreed to teach him stargazing, and he held his disciples to worship the Jiang family sisters.

"I bought soybean milk fried dough sticks and braised noodles. Let's eat." Xie Qinghe put the oiled paper bag in his hand on the table.

In the old days, Shu Jing should have come to pick up the things. Jiang Erniang cried all night and her eyes were still swollen. She first took the oiled paper bag and took it to the kitchen to put it on a plate before sending it up. Jiang Youniang fetched water and entered the house. Xie Qinghe put down his cloak to wash his face Teeth, at least I changed the clothes I wore all night.

After breakfast, Shu Jing never showed up.

Xie Qinghe didn't ask him where he went, but explained to Jiang Erniang: "I'll accompany Brother Xianyu to see where he lives."

Xian Yuyu smiled.What kind of accommodation do you want to see?

After the two went out, Xie Qinghe explained: "The two sisters in the family are always arguing, and it just so happens that you came and rented a new place. It doesn't matter if you can't live, I'm just afraid that I will often go to hide."

Xian Yuyu ran into him outside today, Jiang Erniang's eyes were still swollen, and the atmosphere between Jiang Youniang and Jiang Youniang was even more rigid, everything was right, so Xian Yuyu didn't doubt his words, and accompanied him a little funny He finds a middleman to choose a place to live.

Xie Qinghe has lived in Yangting County for half a year, and he is no longer a newcomer who doesn't understand anything.He didn't want to hear his sisters quarreling, and he didn't want to live too far away, so he asked nearby neighbors if there were any houses for rent or for sale.Some neighbors pointed out that the shop of the strip shop is currently being rented out, so you might as well inquire about it.

The owner of the strip shop was a villain that Shu Jing said would only harm young children. He was killed by Shu Jing and buried under the south wall of his home.

Xie Qinghe passed by along the way, and the strip shop was still open. The shopkeeper was a young man who looked at the shop in a sloppy manner, and he didn't seem to be serious about watching the shop. Look, you can sell it for money."

Bamboo strips are small pieces of bamboo made by splitting bamboo, and craftsmen use it to weave various utensils, such as bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, and bamboo dustpans.Most households can weave things with bamboo strips. There is ready-made bamboo at home, which can be split to make various utensils. Bamboo grows fast and is a very economical crop. Only people in the city will spend money to get it. Buying them in strip shops, because the materials are easy to get and the workmanship is cheap, they can't be sold at a good price.

"I'll take a look at the house." Xie Qinghe said.

The young man sat up and said, "Oh. The house has a front shop and a back yard. The back yard is quite large. They are all two-story houses. Except for the stove house and firewood house, there is a main room and six other rooms, which are spacious. You If it is rented, it is ten taels of silver a year, and 28 taels of three years. If it is bought out, the price is 50 taels, and all the goods in this shop will be given to you.”

Yangting County is bustling with traffic, and the strip shop is only half a street away from Tanlou. If you sell some rouge, gouache, playthings, jewelry, or snacks, you can make a lot of money with the flow of people coming and going.This shop costs 50 taels of silver to buy out, and the price is very reasonable.

Xie Qinghe still remembered that Jiang Erniang wanted to do the female celebrity business, so it would be a good idea to take this shop down.

"Can I go and have a look at the back?" Xie Qinghe asked.

The young man staggered to his feet and muttered: "I told you that the back is big, I'm afraid I won't be able to lie to you."

Xie Qinghe followed him and walked back, passing a dark kitchen with only one bright tile lighting, and walking back, there was a square courtyard, which really occupied a large area.The other three sides are two-story wooden buildings, which are connected together. The light is very good, and the room is spacious and decent.

Xie Qinghe realized that something might not be right.Such a big yard, three small buildings connected to a shop, just buy it out for 50 taels?

"Brother, did someone die in this place?" Xie Qinghe asked intentionally.

The young man rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily: "It's just you ignorant people who pick up the cheap and don't know how to pretend to be good, and you have to ask me to set a price that scares you to death, so that you think it's genuine? The market price is 120 taels, can you afford it? Even if you can afford it, will you buy it right away? If you are not in a hurry to sell it, you are told to pick this cheap one?"

Xian Yuyu frowned and said, "Be more polite. It will explode at one o'clock. The Chinese zodiac belongs to firecrackers?"

Xie Qinghe asked politely: "Isn't this because you are afraid that you will cause trouble if you get the shop? Brother is a real person, why don't you tell me what's going on with this shop? Why are you so eager to sell it?" Give out half a dime of silver and pass it over.

The young man let out a hey, gave Xie Qinghe a "you are sensible" expression, and chattered on the spot: "The owner of this strip shop is my distant cousin. His house has been moved to the county for a long time. I don’t have much contact with the family anymore. The last time I saw him was when my grandfather and brother passed away and he went to the ancestral hall to draw a family tree..."

The matter is very simple, it is a very common story of family disputes.

The owner of the strip shop moved to the county town, and they were not close to the tribe, and lost their son in middle age, losing the eldest son who was the most important family.

His parents and brothers in his hometown in the countryside all thought that he had made a fortune in the city, and imagined how much money he made in Yangting County, and how rich his family was.When my brother was sick, I borrowed a lot of money from the clan, all of which were guaranteed in the name of the owner of the strip shop.

Now the owner of the strip shop suddenly disappeared. His wife didn't know where he had gone, so she went to her hometown to inquire.This alarmed the relatives in his hometown, and they all knew that he was missing.People in the clan who lent money to his brother for medical treatment were stunned and came to collect debts one after another.

At this time, the parents of the owner of the strip shop told their daughter-in-law to sell the shop in the county seat and get the money back to pay off the debt.

Of course, the daughter-in-law who just lost her husband refused, saying that her husband hasn't been found yet, so why did she talk about it in a shop?

The in-laws are very firm.Either you go to set up a shop yourself, get the money back to pay off the debt, and you can take your son back to the old house in the country to live.Either bring the son back to adopt to the uncle, the father-in-law will decide to marry you off, and the shop will be sold by the parents-in-law.

What can this hapless woman whose husband is missing can do?The eldest son is dead, the younger son is only six years old, the husband is missing, and the parents-in-law are like wolves and tigers. They say that they will "marry" her out. Who knows who they will be married to?It is unknown whether it will be sold far away.Once a woman is married, it is the property of other people's family, and it is left to the husband's family to dispose of.

The young man patted Xie Qinghe on the shoulder, and assured him: "Don't worry, this shop is sold by the master of the clan, both money and goods are paid, and the house deed and land deed are all there. Go to Guan Ya as a guarantee, and there is no reason to go back on your word. If you sell it to you, it’s yours, so it’s a bargain.”

Xie Qinghe said: "Book it. I will live in the small courtyard on the slope over there, and I will bring money to find you later."

"Then you can come quickly. In case there are still people coming to see, first come, first served, I'm not sure it will be for you." The young man said.

Xie Qinghe nodded and went out.

Xian Yuyu said beside him: "Although it is natural and right to pay back debts, there are many cases where the upper and lower members of the clan cooperate to bully orphans and widows and make their families go extinct. In my opinion, is there any case where brothers in the country borrow money for medical treatment? It's not known yet."

Xie Qinghe listened carefully, but was noncommittal.

He went home to get two 50 taels of silver notes, another 20 taels of silver, and invited an official to go to the strip shop together.

50 taels of silver were handed over to the young man, and 20 taels of silver were given to Guan Ya, part of which was used as the deed silver for transfer of ownership, and the rest was used as commission and reward for Guan Ya.He is not a penniless person now, as Mr. Zhuang Lao's guest, the well-informed officials are extremely polite to him, making the young man in charge of selling the store look sideways, wondering what his identity is.

With the respect and politeness of Guan Ya, which frightened the young people from the countryside, it was easy to inquire what Xie Qinghe wanted to know: "Brother, I want to see the owner's wife. If it's not very convenient, let me see her It’s also good to meet the owner’s parents.”

"Hey, let me tell you, what are you worried about? I have given you the deed, and you have to go to the government office to pass the document. What are you afraid of?" The young man was hopping exaggeratedly when he saw the government office With Xianyuyu's expression, thinking that the young master in front of him might be of extraordinary status, he immediately froze again, "You want to see my uncle who is far away. He is in Huansha Village, 160 miles away. My aunt from the distant house My son is in the county—she is hiding at her natal home."

Xie Qinghe glanced at Guan Ya, who quickly said, "I'll take the small paperwork first, and I'll send it to your house for review in the afternoon."

The young man felt relaxed with 50 taels of silver in his pocket, and took Xie Qinghe to find the natal family of the hostess of the strip shop.The hostess of the strip shop is surnamed Hu. Her natal family burns charcoal for a living in the west of the city. There is a stove and stacked goods in the house.

The road led by Xiaonian faced the back door of Hu's house, so he had to go around the yard to visit the front door, which would take an extra half a mile.

The young man greeted: "His family sells charcoal. The place is spacious. There are roads extending in all directions."

Xie Qinghe saw that the back door was also next to the courtyard when he entered, and he was still living inside. Moreover, the doors in all parts of the courtyard were also open, obviously for the convenience of guests, so he followed in.Summer is the off-season for charcoal-burning business, and work has only resumed in autumn, so it looks quite deserted.

Xie Qinghe has lived in the world for tens of thousands of years, and has worked in various industries, but he has never done charcoal-burning business, so he is quite curious about it.

The so-called knowing, the way of seeking knowledge.If you don't know, you want to know. This process is easy to realize.

Just as Xie Qinghe was distracted from looking at it, Xian Yuyu coughed suddenly.

This is obviously a reminder.

However, the two people who were reminded were very excited, and neither of them heard Xian Yuyu's deliberate coughing.

The young man who was leading the way had already stopped and pricked up his ears, barely poking his head out to listen to the conversation of the two people in the inner alley.

Mrs. Hu said eagerly: "Just now Xiaoqu from next door came to report that someone has already bought my shop! Erlang, you are the only one in the family who treats my aunt well, so you can't leave my aunt alone! I really want your uncle's family to sell the shop. Do you think there is any way for your cousin to survive?"

Hu Yan was also very helpless when he was stopped: "Auntie, it's not that I don't help you, I can't get involved in this matter."

Mrs. Hu was anxious to turn around: "Go and beg your father, he is my brother, my natal family, he should always make the decision for me!"

"Auntie, if you are being bullied and your grandparents are gone, my father should take the lead for you. But now that my uncle is missing, his parents have to dispose of his property. It is his family's reasoning. What will my father do?" Come forward? If someone misunderstands that our Hu family is greedy for the property of the Liang family, that would be hard to hear." Hu Yan said.

……

Xianyu Yu coughed again.

Coughing didn't work at all, the excited Hu couldn't hear it, and Hu sprayed at Hu Yan, but Hu Yan didn't hear it either.

The two debated a few words on whether the Hu family was qualified to represent the Hu family in a property dispute with the husband's family. According to the current law, even the married Hu family belonged to the Liang family. How could her natal family control the Liang family? own property?

Mrs. Hu was driven to nowhere, and said angrily: "You guys just hate me! Hu Yan, you still remember what happened more than ten years ago. You are a man, and you have no chastity at all, so I call you aunt Father slapped and touched a few times, and his nose is not nose and eyes are not eyes for so many years! When my son died, you gloated. I don’t care about you. Now that your uncle is gone, I have nowhere to go. You are going to throw me into trouble! You are so cruel!"

Xian Yuyu almost thought he heard it wrong, and forgot to cough when he coughed.

Xie Qinghe was surprised to find that the face of the young man who had been leaning against the wall to watch the show became very gloomy.

...all victims.

If the owner of the strip shop is really as mad as Shu Jing said, then it is impossible for him to attack only his neighbors.

His first murder target was his aunt's son, so how could his distant cousin, uncle, or nephew from his wife's brother's family be spared?It is impossible to hide such a rampant crime from the person next to him.His wife, Hu Shi, knew what the owner of the strip shop did. From her tone, she didn't think it was a big deal at all.

Hu Yan suddenly reached out and grabbed Hu Shi's neck, slammed her head against the inner wall, and said in a low voice, "Don't you dare to say another word!"

Hu's eyes were staring at the fall, but he seemed to have grasped Hu Yan's weakness, and threatened with a suffocated breath: "You go to your father immediately and ask him to take someone to drive away the scoundrel in my shop. Come out again." Money to buy my shop. Otherwise... I will tell everyone that you were raped by your uncle when you were a child, and the whole Yangting County knows that you are a rabbit who was ridden by a man!"

Xian Yuyu thought about it for a moment, then asked Xie Qinghe softly: "Sir, why don't we withdraw first?"

Xie Qinghe shook his head.Xian Yuyu thought that Hu's death was not a pity, and Xie Qinghe also thought that Hu was hateful.The owner of the strip shop has been doing evil for many years, and it is unknown whether the Hu family is an accomplice.But, why is Hu Yan so innocent?It is also a felony for a nephew to kill his aunt.Hu Yan doesn't have Shu Jing's ability to kill people and bury corpses. If he impulsively kills Hu Shi today, he will probably be sentenced to death.

The young man in front had already walked out, and shouted carelessly: "Hey, what are you doing? Killing people? Aunt Tang, the shop is sold out, Guan Ya has already made a deed, the buyer master said he wanted to see you, I Just bring him."

When Mrs. Hu heard that the shop had been sold, her normal reaction would be to realize that it was pointless to threaten Hu Yan again.

However, Hu is not a normal person.When she lost her shop, she had to go back to her hometown to live with her parents-in-law. The little boys her husband used to bully are everywhere in the countryside, and now they have grown into men who are well-established—not only will she have a miserable life, but her son will also suffer. may not survive to adulthood.This made Hu very desperate.

"Liang Xuan, my aunt will tell you a secret. Do you recognize this talented man who looks like a dog? Don't look at him as a handsome man, a scholar, and a bright future. In fact, hahaha, he is just..." Hu Shi didn't finish his sentence when he was strangled by the young man.

Hu Yan was stunned: "Huh?"

"You are the only scholar? I think you are an idiot! Do you have scissors? If you don't have scissors, bring a knife and cut off her tongue!" Xiaonian grabbed Hu's neck firmly with one hand, and Hu Shi was short and thin, rolled his eyes when pinched by him, unable to move, "Hurry up!"

Hu Yan immediately calmed down, realizing that Liang Xuan had heard what he and the Hu family had said.

Cutting off Hu's tongue is a good way to prevent her from talking nonsense, but this method can be done behind closed doors and hidden at home.Both parents know about the evil things my uncle has done in the past, and also know the role of my aunt as an accomplice in it, so they don't have a good face towards my aunt. If they know that she wants to ruin their reputation, they are afraid that their parents will be the first to cut her. Tongue.

However, Liang Xuan is a member of Hu's husband's family. Can this person be trusted?Hu Yan is not sure.

Xie Qinghe originally didn't want to show up.

Originally, he was sympathetic to Hu's experience, and he prepared another 50 taels of silver, hoping to save Hu and his youngest son for self-defense.

Who would have thought that by such a coincidence, they would run into Hu Shi arguing with Hu Yan.Since Hu is her husband's knowing accomplice, she can't win Xie Qinghe's sympathy, so there is no need to think about the extra 50 taels of silver.It's just that what I heard involves Hu Yan's private affairs, and it's wrong to listen to the script of the wall. At this time, leaving quietly and completely forgetting about this matter is the truth of being a human being.

It just happened to make such a fuss again.

Liang Xuan almost strangled Hu Shi to death, but Hu Yan doubted his motives and refused to use scissors to "seal" his mouth.

Xie Qinghe had no choice but to bring Xianyu Yu closer, and pointed out a few positions on Hu's neck. Xian Yuyu's fingertips pierced through several acupuncture points of Hu's through the air, without bleeding at all, and Hu's body was completely wiped out. Lost my voice, I can't speak at all.

Xie Qinghe asked Hu Yan again: "Can she write?"

Hu Yan said suspiciously: "I can recognize a few words."

Xian Yuyu was also a little hesitant: "Really, if she can read, I'm afraid it will be difficult." People can write with their fingers, or with their arms, and if they can't, they can also write with their feet and nod their heads.

Xie Qinghe pointed out casually: "When you are dreaming, can you understand the words in the dream?"

Xian Yuyu was dumbfounded by the question, tried hard to recall for a long time, shook his head and said, "I don't know. I haven't had a dream for a long time."

On the contrary, Hu Yan replied: "Occasionally, I got a poem in my dream, and said it casually. However, if I got some book, some booklet, I either didn't read it, or I didn't know what it said when I opened it. I only know it's wonderful... "

Xie Qinghe pointed a few positions on Hu's head, and told Xian Yuyu what strength to use to penetrate: "People don't have the ability to read and write in dreams, it's determined by the soul. I pierced through these acupoints on her , she seems to have fallen into a dream, and she will never be able to read or write."

After Xian Yuyu did what she did, Hu didn't seem to have changed. She still tried to speak, but couldn't.

Hu Yan didn't quite believe this. After looking for a pen and paper, he wrote the word "bitch" on the paper and put it in front of Hu. Hu opened his eyes wide to look at it, his eyes were full of bewilderment.Liang Xuan couldn't read at all, and asked excitedly, "What did you write on the paper? What is it?"

These two characters were written smoothly, but Hu Yan felt embarrassed to read them out, so he quickly tore off the paper and crumpled it up.

Xianyu Yu was deeply surprised by this.Even though he is a disciple of the Hanjiang Sword Sect, he has never seen such a mysterious thing.

Interrupted by this matter, Hu's threat was resolved without bloodshed, and Hu Yan's embarrassment of being prying into his privacy was also downplayed.Liang Xuancai let Hu Shi go, and Hu ran out angrily.She couldn't write or speak, and Hu Yan didn't care about her life, so his eyes fell on Liang Xuan.

"What are you looking at me for?" Liang Xuan bared his teeth at him.

Hu Yan clasped his fists to Xie Qinghe, and said: "This is Mr. Jiang, Mr. Xiaozhuang's teacher, and Mr. Zhuang's guest. I have seen him from afar. Although I don't know the gentleman beside him, since I am with Mr. Jiang , listen to his orders, think about it as a gentleman.”

Liang Xuan heard the implication, and yelled at him: "I'm the only scoundrel, are you afraid that I will publicize your affairs everywhere?"

Hu Yan was about to apologise, but Liang Xuan had stopped him by the shoulders, and said with a smile, "What's the matter, Mr. Xiucai, how much money do you plan to bribe me with?"

Liang Xuan and Hu Yan had a common experience, and they felt pity for Hu Yan, and they would never really cheat.

Hu Yan doesn't seem to have a bad character. He is a victim. When the whole Hu family ignored Mr. Hu because of this, Mrs. Hu just pestered him for help. It can be seen that he has not hated and revenged Mrs. Hu for so many years. Pushed by Hu Shi