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"This matter should be considered in the long run."

Li Changshu immediately interrupted the singing between the siblings, and pretended to go to the window to check.

He bent over and poked his head to look east and west, while Xie Qinghe looked at Jiang Yuanniang's face.

In Jiang Yuanniang's mind, the younger brother of the family is naturally the most important.She married Li Changshu in exchange for a dowry silver, to buy a jade pendant for her vain younger brother to compare with Master An's. Li Changshu wanted to kill Xie Qinghe, so Jiang Yuanniang naturally didn't want to divorce him.

However, she is just a busy woman in her boudoir, where has she ever dealt with murder?

Apart from instinctively responding to her younger brother's words, she was flustered, with a little nervousness and helplessness in her eyes.

She has been her brother's protector and provider since she was a child, and she never felt that her brother could be relied on.On the contrary, in her cognition, it is up to her to solve her brother's difficulties.Regardless of her husband's status, Li Changshu is rich, powerful, young and powerful, and he is also a respectable figure in the town.Don't talk about taking revenge on Li Changshu at this time, even if he simply wants to escape Li Changshu's cruelty to his younger brother, it will take some effort.

Jiang Yuanniang was deeply disturbed by this, but she couldn't let her younger brother and husband see the clue, so she could only try her best to maintain a calm appearance.

Xie Qinghe felt a little pity for her.

She did nothing wrong.Just because the entrustment is not human, it is necessary to face the difficult choice at this time innocently.

She didn't plan to marry Li Changshu, who was about the same age as her father.If it weren't for Jiang Yingzhou's vanity, pretending to be sick at home, insisting on buying expensive jade pendants, and insisting on comparing with the young master of the An family, Jiang Yuanniang would not have married Li Changshu, and Li Changshu would have no chance to know Jiang Erniang.

Xie Qinghe thinks the most ridiculous thing is that Jiang Yuanniang and Jiang Erniang are not possessed, but Jiang Yingzhou, who is spoiled so much, is possessed.

Li Changshu pretended to look in front of the window, with a serious face: "This is someone deliberately causing trouble, I think it is aimed at Brother Ying."

He watched for a long time to see such a conclusion, and the siblings didn't make a sound.

Xie Qinghe said it so clearly, Jiang Yuanniang seconded it, and Li Changshu had to inspect it for a long time before confirming it.

"However, with just these two pieces of paper, I went to confront An's family..."

Li Changshu's primary purpose is to ensure that this matter will not be disclosed, so as not to cause rumors: "Let's not say whether An's family is behind the murder of Brother Ying is still unknown. It's just that An's family really wanted to murder. If we rashly come to the door to question, wouldn't it be a shock? gone?"

"Let's talk about witness evidence. Brother Ying didn't mention it, so I don't think there is any. Let's talk about physical evidence. The oiled paper on the window is plain and easy to get. It doesn't have the name of the An family on it, so how can we prove that it was the An family who started it?" What? Just relying on a few pieces of paper to question him, it is impossible for him to admit it."

Li Changshu just fooled around with Xie Qinghe, in his impression, his brother-in-law is a vain and conceited idiot, how can he have any knowledge?

As for Jiang Yuanniang, Li Changshu knew that this woman was not stupid.It is because she is not stupid that she knows how to be in awe, and does not dare to shake the world with herself.

"Even if you go to the government to sue this matter with a complaint, the court officials can't convict An's family just because of a few oil papers. What kind of family is An's family, is it easy to slander? You say that An's family harmed you, what is the evidence? Even With the evidence, who do you want to sue? There are dozens of people in the An family, and there are hundreds of people including servants and housekeepers. Who do you plan to sue?"

Li Changshu turned around, and spewed out some words at Jiang Yuanniang, with a hint of sternness in his voice.

This is to warn Jiang Yuanniang, even if you want to make trouble, you have no evidence for this matter, if you really fight with me, you and your whole family will suffer.

Li Changshu is in the rice grain business in the town, and he doesn't have close contacts, and he doesn't have the ability to make a living. Can he make a living of the people's lifeblood?An family can invite old parents from the county to a banquet with a single post, and Li Changshu is also a guest of various dinners, the kind of person who can sit and drink tea with the county officials.

Jiang Zhanwen could barely squeeze in to get acquainted, but time has changed, the Jiang family offended the An family, and Jiang Zhanwen went back to his hometown to avoid disaster. If he really wanted to file a lawsuit with the Li family, the Jiang family did not take advantage of favors.

Jiang Yuanniang felt more and more that her younger brother's thinking was correct.

There is absolutely no way this matter will come to fruition if it goes the normal way.

She knew that her husband was plotting against her second sister, and she also noticed her husband's gaffe when he saw his younger brother alive, but none of this could prove that the oiled paper was pasted by her husband.To put it bluntly, there is no reason in this world to condemn people for believing one-sided words.

However, after An Jia was dragged into the water, the situation was different.

An's family is a very respectable family in the town. They usually build bridges and pave roads, and donate porridge for rent-free in disaster years.

Even if An's family angered Jiang's family because of Ms. Zhao's incident, the villagers in the town would only think that there was a reason for the incident and they were not the parties involved, so it is not easy to persuade others to be magnanimous.Even if Jiang Zhanwen and Zhang were forced to flee back to their hometown, it was not necessarily the fault of the An family.

However, if news spread that the An family had assassinated the only son of the Jiang family, the situation would be different.

Jiang Yingzhou was the only male member of the Jiang family, and Jiang Yingzhou was not even able to be picked by the court.In the cognition of ordinary households, the two families have no hatred of killing their fathers. If An's family does evil things that harm others and kill off their children and grandchildren, they are big villains for the rich and unkind, and the neighbors must sympathize with the Jiang family.

If this was done by the An family, it's fine, since the An family has been responsible for such a blame for no reason, the An family has to investigate to the end for the sake of their own reputation.

Jiang Yuanniang really wanted to take her younger brother to An's family for "questioning". Once this matter was revealed, her younger brother would be safe.

The difficulty is that Li Changshu brought more than a dozen servants with him when he went out, and now they are blocking the door of his house, blocking his way.

Except for a coachman who served at home all the year round, all these people were Li Changshu's clerks in the rice shop. They usually followed Li Changshu to transport grain and run the business.When she came, she still felt that it was extremely beautiful, but only now did she realize that she had a headache.

When Jiang Yuanniang was thinking about countermeasures, Xie Qinghe was like a completely ignorant idiot, and he believed what the elder brother-in-law said.

"Then what should I do? Big brother-in-law, you have to save me." Xie Qinghe was panicked and pretended to be.

Jiang Yuanniang seemed to have eaten a fly.It's just that her younger brother feeds her too many flies, and she has gained experience in eating them.Not caring about breaking up with her younger brother, she hurriedly said, "I don't think this place can last. Hurry up, my sister will hire you a boat, and you go back to Yangting."

Where is Li Changshu willing to let Xie Qinghe leave, and said: "You're just joking. It's New Year's Eve, where are there boats on the river?"

Jiang Yuanniang refused to let her brother go back to Li's house, let alone let Li Changshu send someone to send her brother to the countryside.Now being cut off by Li Changshu, she panicked and said, "It's just to spend some money. Qiao San'er at the pier is a cousin in the next room. He wants to help with this."

Li Changshu said with a smile: "The shop is closed in the first month, and the grain boat at home is floating on the river. Just ask the grain boat to go around. It's just that the bigger the boat has to go around the county." He actually dared to threaten Jiang Yuanniang said, "My lady, can't you even trust her husband? How can I, as a brother-in-law, conspire with outsiders to kill my brother-in-law?"

How could Jiang Yuanniang agree.Is this boat so easy to sit on?As long as Li Changshu arranges the boatmen and sailors, after murdering her younger brother, if she accidentally falls into the river or the boat capsizes, who can she turn to for reasoning?

But she didn't dare to tear her face openly. If she was forced to rush, she would not be able to beat Li Changshu with more than ten people.

"That boat... a boat so big, it was for him alone, so spread the word... the family boss and his wife, I'm afraid they will be unhappy again. If not, let my younger brother stay home for two days No matter how arrogant and domineering the An family is, they probably wouldn't dare... come to harm someone at home, right?"

Jiang Yuanniang was forced to have no choice but to tie her younger brother firmly to her side for safety.

Li Changshu's purpose is to press down on this matter, and it must not be leaked.

To kill someone silently, as long as you do it quietly, if the people don't raise an official and don't investigate the matter, you can just bury it.

However, if the disturbance is known to the whole city, the government will have to intervene.With Li Changshu's contacts in several neighboring counties, he will definitely not lose the lawsuit, but it's really hard to say how much money will be stuffed into the yamen, and he doesn't want to end up in bankruptcy.

Jiang Yuanniang didn't dare to turn her face, she was afraid that Li Changshu would turn his face.

Li Changshu also didn't want to make matters worse, the price would be too high.

The couple didn't want to turn their backs, Jiang Yuanniang was afraid of losing her life, and Li Changshu didn't want to spend too much money. The chips they held were different, and the bottom line was naturally different.Li Changshu is still in control of the situation now, he feels that Jiang Yuanniang can't escape from his palm.

Jiang Yuanniang's proposal to bring Jiang Yingzhou back to Li's family is also in the arms of Li Changshu.

Li Changshu looked at Xie Qinghe sincerely, and said: "If brother Ying can trust the eldest brother-in-law, just come and stay at home for a few days. To tell you the truth, brother-in-law is also very worried when you go to Yangting County alone. Then the Anjia will not work. How can you let it go? You have no one to take care of and protect you in Yangting, and your two older sisters are women, what can you do?"

Jiang Yuanniang was beaten secretly by Li Changshu again, but she couldn't break through it, and the golden hairpin on her temples made a slight sound of hatred.

Xie Qinghe looked like a terrified teenager, his eyes were still in shock, he would just nod his head repeatedly: "I listen to my elder brother-in-law."

——Going to Anjia to confront him is the worst policy.

It is impossible for Li Changshu to agree.

Without considering Xie Qinghe's outrageous combat power, Li Changshu could easily control the situation with so many people.

Therefore, Li Changshu will inevitably block the proposal to go to Anjia to confront him.

Xie Qinghe deliberately mentioned Anjia, pointing out that he was murdered by oil paper stickers, because he wanted to know Jiang Yuanniang's thoughts.

After all, Li Changshu is Jiang Yuanniang's husband.

In Jiang Yingzhou's memory, Li Changshu did not do such a bad thing to Jiang Yuanniang as Xu Nong almost killed Jiang Erniang.

Judging from the treatment of daughters-in-law of various families in the present age, Li Changshu treated Jiang Yuanniang not badly, even very generous.Jiang Yuanniang can help her natal family generously, and can easily give her younger brother 20 taels of silver as pocket money-many noble ladies in Beijing may not be so rich.

A woman has no one to rely on throughout her life, and after she gets married, she must rely on her husband to live and work.When they defend their husbands, they defend themselves.

The rare thing about Jiang Yuanniang is that she didn't covet the money and comfort of her husband's family.

Faced with the tragedy of her husband murdering her younger brother, she did not pretend to be ignorant, or deliberately whitewash the peace.

She is seriously considering how to protect her brother and solve this matter.For a woman who has been married for many years, Jiang Yuanniang's choice is tantamount to giving up everything in life, including the stability and peace for the rest of her life.

Xie Qinghe has always been "whatever your attitude is, I will do what I do".Jiang Yuanniang was affectionate and righteous, so when he dealt with Li Changshu, of course he had to consider Jiang Yuanniang's interests and ideas more.The support between people is always mutual.

As for finding An's family to make a start...

To clean up a mere Li Changshu, do you need to beat around the bush and find An Jia to come out?

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Jiang Yuanniang felt that her younger brother was completely ignorant and was being fooled by her husband, who was harboring evil intentions. Once he returned to Li's house, he didn't know how to face the enemy, and he was full of anxiety.Li Changshu reached a consensus with her on this point, and he also felt that he had coaxed his brother-in-law.

Li Changshu is extremely conceited, he doesn't think highly of Jiang Yuanniang, and doesn't think Jiang Yuanniang can turn the world upside down at all.

Now that he has coaxed his brother-in-law, there will be peace forever.

He continued to maintain the appearance of a very good and harmonious relationship with his brother-in-law, with a loving face on his brother-in-law's shoulders, with a good look like we two brothers, coaxing Xie Qinghe to look at the newly made firecrackers at home with sweet words.

Only then did Xie Qinghe know that the Li family still has the skill of making fireworks, and he was really interested in it: "Then I need to see it."

Jiang Yuanniang, who was full of anxiety, heard this sentence suddenly, and her mood almost exploded: "What's so interesting about that! A few days ago, I heard that there was a firework shop in the county, and it exploded half the street. It was so blown up that it fell out. You don’t want to die? Don’t look at it!”

Jiang Yuanniang was usually very gentle, but suddenly she forced her to refuse with a stern face. Xie Qinghe played the younger brother's domineering and domineering lifelike: "The elder sister is so grand. It is always the elder brother-in-law who spoils you."

Li Changshu immediately put on an expression that the Lion of Hedong can't be messed with, and quietly gestured to Xie Qinghe: "Take you to see secretly."

Xie Qinghe thought to himself, in terms of mentality, this eldest brother-in-law is really invincible.I was too lazy to collect the oiled paper, so I dared to bring my wife to collect the body of my brother-in-law.Knowing that his wife has exposed his tricks, he can still act in person as if nothing happened.He really didn't feel embarrassed.

Being so reckless, he completely ignored his wife and Yue's family.

In other words, he is not afraid of offending the Jiang family.Even if all the Jiang family is killed, he is confident that he will not be held accountable, and the situation is still peaceful.

In a small town in the south of the Yangtze River where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, Li Changshu believes that he can completely dominate one side and call the wind and rain.

The town is not big, and decent people with status still have to take a car to go in and out.Jiang Yuanniang wanted to ride with Xie Qinghe very much, so she took the opportunity to warn her younger brother, but Xie Qinghe was pulled over by Li Changshu.Jiang Yuanniang was in a hurry: "I have something to talk to Brother Ying, why are you pulling him?"

Li Changshu laughed and said, "What do you have to say in the car? Brother Ying and I haven't seen each other for a few days, so why don't you coax this little brother-in-law?"

The couple just had an argument, and the maids and servants who came with them all helped Li Changshu persuade Jiang Yuanniang.

Xie Qinghe couldn't help shaking his head, it can be seen that Jiang Yuanniang has no status in the family.It was too cold to be stalemate at the door, Xie Qinghe didn't want to entangle any longer, and said: "I'm such an adult, it's not easy to take my sister's car. Let's talk when we get home."

Jiang Yuanniang had no choice but to get into the car alone, leaning on the car full of melancholy.

All her life, she only learned how to do housework, how to please mother-in-law and aunt, and how to serve her parents and husband.She has learned to be submissive and soft all her life, and no one has ever taught her how to deal with her husband who is the pillar of the family and has all the resources in his hands.

When the vehicle arrived at Li's house, the Li's house had already been decorated with lights and festoons, and everything inside and out was peaceful and festive. Even the servants were wearing flowers and smearing their lips.

When Xie Qinghe followed into the door, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family released the reward, and the servants and servants came out happily.Seeing Xie Qinghe following Li Changshu, they were all stunned.

Going home during the New Year is a ritual, because ancestors are sacrificed on the first day of the new year, which is the most important sacrifice of the year.

Eating a family dinner and paying New Year's greetings to the elders is also the greatest courtesy.How cautious is this matter?Even married daughters are not allowed to stay at home, and must go to her husband's house for the New Year.Otherwise, you will eat your own family's blessings and make your mother's family suffer.

Any normal person who knows a little bit of etiquette would rather stay at home alone than go to someone else's house for the New Year.

This frivolous wife brought her natal brother into the house so suddenly that the servants were stunned.

Even the in-laws don't have a place to celebrate the New Year.Take your natal brothers to sit at home, oh, what are you doing?Do you want to give the eldest grandma a blow?When Xie Qinghe came like this, he had to sit at the table.Both the eldest and the second young masters had to toast honestly with their cups.

Seeing the reaction of the servants, Jiang Yuanniang secretly hated.

Li Changshu said that she would accompany her to pick up her younger brother at her natal home, but she never told her family that she would pick up her brother-in-law to celebrate the New Year.

——He never thought of taking his brother home.He was there to collect the corpse!How could the dead come to Li's house for the New Year?Then there is no need to disturb his two precious sons, and make the two young masters feel dissatisfied again.

Xie Qinghe didn't "know" the embarrassment at all, and walked happily around Li's house. After entering the door, he pointed to Li Changshu's antique calligraphy and painting hanging in the hall and talked nonsense. The young master came to see the guest.

After a while, the servants came back to report.Said that the first young master was preparing tomorrow's sacrifice in the ancestral hall, and the second young master went out to look at the goods.

All in all, the young masters don't have time to visit "uncle".

Jiang Yingzhou didn't like to visit his brother-in-law's house. He never visited Li's house when Jiang Yuanniang got married.Xie Qinghe has never been to Li's house.After all, this is the first time my uncle has visited.If Li Changshu's two sons knew how to be polite, no matter how busy they were, they should come to see them, even if they came and said a word, they would leave?

Now both of them are making excuses not to come, it can be seen that Jiang Yuanniang is not in the eyes of Jiang Yuanniang, and there is no respect at all.

"It's okay, I'm not used to socializing anyway. Big brother-in-law, everyone is here, quickly serve the food and wine." Xie Qinghe felt cold even in fur clothes. It's hard to imagine how Jiang Yingzhou lived to such an age. He froze to death?

Jiang Yuanniang didn't care about getting angry with her stepson, her life was at stake, so she went to the kitchen to stare at the food for her younger brother.

Li's family was supposed to have a group dinner at noon, but because of Xie Qinghe's sudden visit, the two young masters of the Li family refused to go out to socialize, and the two young wives were happy to have a meal in their small courtyard.It's just that when they heard that Xie Qinghe was going to stay for the New Year, the young masters and mistresses were all unhappy.

There must be more than enough New Year's Eve dinner every year, which is reserved for the family to eat in the coming year.It's not a good omen if an outsider comes to eat your own food.

Li's family is a businessman, especially superstitious about this, Li Dalang and Li Erlang are very angry.

But for those who are well-organized and polite, it is not good for their grown-up stepson to run into the house of the house-filling wife, so they have to avoid suspicion.

However, the daughter-in-law of the Li family didn't want to charge forward to confront her step-mother, so the son had to face the step-wife himself.Li Dalang still held the dignity of the eldest son, so Li Erlang couldn't control so much. Relying on his "littleness", rushing into the courtyard where Jiang Yuanniang lived was a row.

"My wife is so unreasonable. When have you ever seen the reason for bringing your natal brothers to your husband's house to celebrate the New Year? The family reunion on the [-]th night, and the seats are all Li's family. Where do you want to sit if the surname Jiang suddenly comes out? Open a table alone Are you addicted to eating at brother-in-law's house?"

"People say that when visiting relatives in the first month, that's when a woman returns home. She never goes to the husband's house of a married woman. Look at the two daughters-in-law in the family. The wife is not as sensible as the wife? I think the wife hasn't given birth yet. A son and a half daughter, but still thinking about her natal family. Unlike your two daughters-in-law, who gave birth to the seeds of the Li family and took root in the Li family, they are the serious Li family..."

Jiang Yuanniang has been married to the Li family for many years, but she has never been able to bear children. She took a lot of medicine and worshiped a lot of Buddhas for this, and only hated herself for being poor.

After a woman gets married, if she cannot give birth to a child related to her husband, she will never be able to take root in her husband's family.For the husband's family, the daughter-in-law is always an outsider.Only when she becomes the mother of her husband's children can a woman truly rely on her.

Erlang, the eldest son of the Li family, and his two daughters-in-law used this incident to mock Jiang Yuanniang every time, but Jiang Yuanniang could not refute it.

If you don't have children, you are an outsider.Having children is a family.

Every time Jiang Yuanniang heard this topic, she felt uncomfortable for a long time.Today, I am a little lucky, fortunately, I have no children.

If she has a child and her husband wants to kill her younger brother, how should she deal with herself?How innocent is the child who turned against the child's father for the sake of his younger brother?Letting her husband murder her younger brother for the sake of the child, that is... a brother of the same mother!

Now that there is no child, there is no need to think about such hurtful issues, Jiang Yuanniang actually has a strange sense of cheerfulness in her heart.

She was talking to Xie Qinghe about the oil paper.Remind my younger brother to pay attention to safety in Li's house and not to take it lightly.

Xie Qinghe "accepted" so fast that Jiang Yuanniang wondered if he didn't understand.

The siblings were struggling to communicate, and Li Erlang shouted loudly outside the window.The Li family came from a merchant family, so they didn't dare to make the yard too large for fear of overreaching.Li Erlang was yelling and cursing in the yard, through a window, the room could hear clearly, as if Li Erlang was standing in front of him.

"Big sister, I should have beat you to death for such a wild and cheap nephew right away." Xie Qinghe hugged the brazier tightly, his clothes steamed with damp and cold air, he spoke slowly like a bird just waking up from hibernation black bear, "It's just that the weather is too cold."

Jiang Yuanniang only thought of him as a coward, and never expected her younger brother to stand up for her. She was quite afraid that Li Erlang would hear what the siblings said in the house, and Li Erlang would continue to get mad.She lowered her voice and said quietly: "Who made you vent your anger? We don't know him as well. He..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Xie Qinghe quickly opened the window, and smashed it out like a brazier.

Jiang Yuanniang saw Xie Qinghe holding the brazier, saw Xie Qinghe open the window, and saw the brazier fly out... She saw everything, but was stunned on the spot, unable to integrate all the information together to represent what it meant.

The charcoal in the brazier flew away as it was thrown quickly, and two red-hot charcoals hit the hem of Li Erlang's cotton robe, and immediately burned through several holes.Li Erlang's reaction was the same as Jiang Yuanniang's, seeing everything, but couldn't believe what happened.

It wasn't until the charcoal fire was on his body that he woke up like a dream, screaming and dodging to the side.

It was too late at this time, the two charcoal sticks that fell on his hem had already burned his cotton robe, and a small flame sprang up.

The maid standing at the door had been pretending to be dead since Li Erlang came here to scold people, and only then hastily stepped forward to help Li Erlang put out the flames, yelling non-stop.

Xie Qinghe was afraid of the cold wind, so he put down the window a long time ago, and said through the window: "If you are not convinced, come in and fight."

Li Erlang was already stunned by the smashing, and he was terrified after seeing the scattered charcoal.How could it be good if it hit the face?

Usually Jiang Yuanniang would not provoke him, but he still wanted to provoke Jiang Yuanniang to make a few remarks, but this time Xie Qinghe fell on him, so he didn't care about etiquette, and rushed into Jiang Yuanniang's room with a sullen face.

The maids around Li Erlang who were helping to dust off the ashes knew something was wrong, and tried to dissuade them all the way: "Second Young Master, Second Young Master, that's the wife's bedroom, it's not good to enter!"

How can Li Erlang control so much, he threw away the servant girl, kicked open the door, and said angrily: "Jiang Yingzhou, I love you!"

Jiang Yuanniang just wanted to stop her younger brother, but the younger brother, who had always been relatively useless, rushed forward first.Neither the maid who followed Erlang nor Jiang Yuanniang realized what happened, so Li Erlang flew out as if entering the door.

After a while, the maids saw Li Erlang sitting on the ground with a beaten face, and understood.

The second young master was beaten by Uncle Jiang who just jumped up.

The slaves of the Li family naturally defended their young master, and when Li Erlang rushed up again in anger, the maids threw their arms around one after another.

This one went to pull Xie Qinghe's arm, the other one went to pull Xie Qinghe's hand, he wished to surround Xie Qinghe and send them directly to Li Erlang, who asked Li Erlang to slap his face.

Jiang Yuanniang was so angry that her face was flushed, and she stepped forward to pull the servant girl: "Why are you pulling my brother? Let go!"

She was not born as a young lady, she had done all kinds of work at home, such as carrying water and chopping firewood, she had been raised in Li's family for several years and she was still alive, so she was no weaker than these maidservants in terms of strength.What's more, the servant girl dared to tease the uncle at will, but she didn't dare to do anything to the wife. Jiang Yuanniang was really intimidating.

Xie Qinghe is inconvenient to fight with secular women, but he never suffers.He counted, and three servant girls reached out to catch him fiercely, and he kicked Li Erlang three times in a row, kicking Li Erlang flying out of the door, holding his breath and passing out.

Li Erlang lay motionless on the ground, the maids were frightened and rushed up to check.

Jiang Yuanniang came out with Xie Qinghe's big clothes, and hurriedly wrapped him up: "This place is unbearable. Come with me."

Xie Qinghe tucked his clothes tightly and stood still: "Why did you leave? He was a son who yelled and cursed in his mother's yard, and rushed in to beat his uncle. He was wronged everywhere. Don't ask anything else, just ask him why Come to Big Sister’s yard, how would he explain it?”

Jiang Yuanniang said helplessly: "My brother, not everyone is reasonable. This is the Li family. If you beat the young master of the Li family, they will be unreasonable and kill you here. They only said that you had an accident. , Drunk and stumbled, all kinds of things, you are dead, how can you still complain for yourself?"

While talking, Li Changshu heard the news.

The maid over there pinched the mouth and pinched the tiger's mouth, and also woke up the breathless Li Erlang, and shouted at Li Changshu angrily: "Father!"

"You're not ashamed enough. Look at your bear!"

It was rare for Li Changshu not to blame his wife first, but to attack his son instead.

The maids all opened their eyes wide, and Li Erlang was also very surprised.

After all, his father is as big as the sky, and Li Erlang was arrogant and rude in the past because Li Changshu indulged his son to despise his wife. In a cotton robe, he stood with his head bowed and did not speak.

On the contrary, Xie Qinghe was persistent and said: "Brother-in-law, the son born to your ex-wife is so good. My uncle dares to bully his stepmother like this. How grand is he usually? Don't ask my eldest sister to call him father?"

Li Changshu hilariously interrupted his strange words, and said angrily: "What nonsense! It's two generations away!"

It really looks like the relationship between brother-in-law and brother-in-law is very good, and the two of them can make jokes at any time with their shoulders together.

Li Changshu changed his normal attitude towards Jiang Yuanniang and forbade Li Erlang to disrespect his stepmother because he still had the intention of murdering Jiang Yingzhou.

In fact, apart from a few insiders of the Jiang family, no one knew that Li Changshu had the motive to kill Jiang Yingzhou.If it wasn't for his being too rampant, he deliberately took Jiang Yuanniang to collect his brother-in-law's body, thinking that on the way to collect the body, he would stop by to collect the oil paper pasted on the window, thus exposing himself, even Xie Qinghe would not think of the assassination. superior.

As long as he maintained a good relationship with his brother-in-law, even if Jiang Yingzhou died unexpectedly, no one would doubt him.

Now that Li Erlang came to make trouble in his stepmother's yard, of course Li Changshu had to reprimand Li Erlang, support Jiang Yuanniang, and give face to his brother-in-law.

Li Changshu came to finish the fight, and after sending his son away, he promised to buy a boat for his brother-in-law so that he could travel between Yangting County and Linjiang Town. Xie Qinghe still dragged him to ask why his cheap nephew bullied my sister, Li Changshu "Forced by helplessness", he promised to buy a beautiful maid for his brother-in-law to warm his bed.

Seeing Xie Qinghe's fascinated appearance, Jiang Yuanniang was completely lost.

Just now she told the ins and outs of the matter, and my brother nodded and said he understood.Now she suspects that her brother didn't understand.

"Master, take a step to speak." Jiang Yuanniang couldn't help but said.

Li Changshu took a look at his brother-in-law who was bewitched by him, and followed Jiang Yuanniang into the inner room with a smile.

"I have a letter here, please send someone to take it to Yangting County and give it to my second sister." Jiang Yuanniang really had no choice.

The younger brother seemed to live in a fog, and he didn't know if he understood the situation at all.The husband is rich and powerful, vicious and domineering, and coaxes the younger brother into a circle.She really wanted to be tough for a while, but when she really wanted to resist, she realized how weak and powerless she was.

At this time, all she could think about was not how to take revenge on her husband, she couldn't even protect her younger brother.

Li Changshu actually opened the letter in front of her. In the letter, Jiang Yuanniang said that she only learned from her younger brother that the young mother was also in Yangting County. Thinking of the loneliness of the two younger sisters on the New Year's Day, she asked them both to come back. In Jiangzhen, the whole family celebrates the Lantern Festival together.

This is bowing your head and admitting defeat.Just match up the second sister to you, and you don't want to touch my family's best!

Li Changshu was extremely proud, and said with a smile: "Then ask someone to deliver the letter."

Previously, Li Changshu had always wanted to coax Xie Qinghe to go out to play, and not let Xie Qinghe and Jiang Yuanniang stay together for a long time. Now that he got Jiang Yuanniang's letter begging for peace and admitting defeat, he no longer wooed Xie Qinghe, and left in a hurry.

Because Li Changshu seldom turned to Jiang Yuanniang once before, the maids serving in the yard were also alerted a lot, and served more attentively than before.

The brazier that Xie Qinghe dropped had already been cleaned up. Hearing that my uncle was afraid of the cold, he specially burned an extra brazier and brought it in, and surrounded Xie Qinghe one after the other.

Xie Qinghe was so smoked that he couldn't laugh or cry: "Is this to roast uncle and master?"

The maids hurriedly brought clear fire tea.It is easy to get angry when using a brazier in winter, and clear fire tea is always available at home.

After Li Changshu left, Jiang Yuanniang dismissed all the maids and told Xie Qinghe about delivering the letter.

Before Xie Qinghe could express his opinion, Jiang Yuanniang's voice was lowered, and she said softly: "This is just a tactic to delay the attack. Your eldest brother-in-law... just don't do it, do it absolutely, and never leave any trouble. Since he moved The murderous intention was discovered by me again. Even if the family changed their minds and agreed to betroth the second sister to him, he would suspect that the family held a grudge against him and would wait for an opportunity to retaliate against him. Therefore, he will definitely take the lead in taking the opportunity—he won't keep you alive."

Jiang Yuanniang obviously knew her husband very well.When boarding the car from Jiang's house, Li Changshu tried his best to maintain a very good relationship with Xie Qinghe in front of everyone.This is paving the way for killing people in the future, so as to reduce outsiders' suspicion of him.

Xie Qinghe looked at Jiang Yuanniang in surprise.

The eldest sister's thinking is very clear, and the act of sending a letter to Yangting County is not only a plan to delay the army, but also has the ambition of breaking the boat.

"What's the big sister's plan?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Jiang Yuanniang stared at the red-hot charcoal in the brazier in a daze for a moment, and then slowly said: "He is a man. Man and man... all look down on little girls." Once a woman becomes ruthless, there are too many methods at her disposal in the boudoir. But it’s not easy to elaborate with my younger brother, “You should be vigilant when eating, drinking and resting here, after a few days there will be results.”

Xie Qinghe probably understood Jiang Yuanniang's thoughts, shook his head and said, "Big sister, if a wife kills a husband, it will be cut to pieces."

Jiang Yuanniang couldn't help laughing: "I caught a thousand cuts, can't I catch it, ha ha."

"That's not the case." Xie Qinghe would never let Jiang Yuanniang take risks.He came to deal with this matter, and it was done without anyone noticing it. If Jiang Yuanniang was to do it, it might become a murder case recorded in the county annals for thousands of years, and Jiang Yuanniang's life would be lost instead.Why bother?

"I can handle this matter myself. It's just that I didn't know the big sister's decision before, so I really couldn't grasp the seriousness. The big sister has been married to him for many years, and I don't know if the big sister really loves him..." Xie Qinghe still had to Explain it to avoid Jiang Yuanniang's displeasure.

Jiang Yuanniang was in a very complicated mood, and she said after a long time: "After a long time, I realized that life is nothing more than firewood, rice, oil and salt. I have nothing in this house. Only when he looks at me more can I live well. It can only be said whether he loves me or not. I, can't say that I love him."

Xie Qinghe practiced magic and rarely had contact with women, let alone have the opportunity to listen to women confide in love and distress.

He could understand Jiang Yuanniang's situation, but he was a little surprised to hear Jiang Yuanniang talk about his love life.

Jiang Yuanniang is young and beautiful, and she is also the daughter of a scholar family. She married Li Changshu to fill the house. It seems that Jiang Yuanniang has suffered a lot.But there are many young and beautiful women in this world, how many wealthy households are waiting for the main wife?So much so that Jiang Yuanniang's marriage to Li Changshu seemed like a high marriage.

Li Changshu has a wealth of experience and wealth, and he can deal with the young Jiang Yuanniang effortlessly. Jiang Yuanniang relies on him to eat and drink, and his knowledge and experience are also suppressed by him. She is in an extremely weak state physically and mentally. love.

how to love?What to love?A person who has nothing, is so barren that he even lacks himself, how can he be qualified to say love?

She is just loved.If Li Changshu wanted to love her, he loved her.If she doesn't want to love her, she has no other choice.

Li Changshu could also love her and humiliate her at the same time.For example, he is willing to spend money for Jiang Yuanniang, but he never respects Jiang Yuanniang.

Xie Qinghe thought of Fu Chuan.

He knew that his relationship with Fu Chuan was not the same as that between Li Changshu and Jiang Yuanniang.

However, upon reflection, there are many similarities.For example, Li Changshu has fully grasped the initiative between the two, no matter how Li Changshu wants to treat Jiang Yuanniang, Jiang Yuanniang has no resistance.From this point alone, his relationship with Fu Chuan is actually more dangerous.

At any rate, Jiang Yuanniang still has her natal family who can appeal for grievances. If he bullied Fu Chuan, probably only An