Four elder brothers take the script of salted fish

Yinzhen and Yinzhi's eyes were as cold as a cold pool.

They continued to read other letters, most of the rest were daily letters, only the last one was different.Inside was actually a letter from a merchant, which stated that five taels was too little, but the market price in January should be 20 taels.

Seems like a normal deal?

But Yinzhi felt something strange when he looked left and right.Yinzhen tugged at his sleeve robe, and pointed at the little baby.

The guards are all old men.

In addition to the current practice of holding grandchildren but not children, their movements of holding babies are not to mention how stiff they are.And the little baby hummed when he was uncomfortable, and the guard's movements became more rigid when he hummed, a vicious cycle until now the little baby is sobbing endlessly with his mouth flattened.

More than a month?market price?

Yinzhi's expression changed, and he couldn't help raising his voice: "The old woman not only wanted to kill her daughter-in-law, but also wanted to sell her grandson? This, this, this tiger's venom does not eat its children..."

Yin Zhen tugged him hard.

Pointing to the words on the letter paper, he whispered: "You don't think an old woman who can speak dirty words can write such words?"

Reading a book is still very expensive nowadays.

Except for the daughters of wealthy families who can read and write, ordinary people in the city let their children study, even if they let their sons who may become officials, let alone such a rural place.

And the man is already dead.

Of course, the letter about selling babies could not have come from him - besides, seeing how affectionate the couple looked, Yinzhen didn't believe that a man would sell his son.Only Yinzhen was a little annoyed, he knew that he should not annihilate the old woman in a moment of anger, but should squeeze out the last value.

Now it turned into a mess.

Who else can write letters?Yinzhen and Yinzhi looked at each other, they called the guards to ask about one or two, and immediately picked out a few people from the crowd.

Muska, the head of the guard: "These are the two younger brothers of the deceased man, and they also passed the examination of scholar."

Both are in their 30s.

They look alike, and you can tell they are brothers at a glance.The faces of the two were terrified, and they stood there tremblingly crying, "Little one, I really don't know anything."

"My eldest brother and sister-in-law have a bad relationship, and they quarreled frequently after giving birth. After my elder brother died suddenly, my sister-in-law was arguing and going back to her mother's house—"

"My lord, my sister-in-law pretends to be gentle on the outside, and she's a tigress at home! My mother just got angry for a moment and then took the ruthless hand—"

Pots of dirty water were poured on the three dead people, as if their brother was the most wronged existence among them.

Yinzhen watched this scene with cold eyes, and interrupted them impatiently.He asked with a half-smile: "I don't know? Then you don't even know that a living person is stuffed into a coffin? You are arrogant and domineering at home, and you don't even have the strength to struggle when your life is in danger?"

Are they really blind?

The voices of the two people stopped abruptly.

Their eyes wandered, and they said nothing.

It wasn't long before the second child muttered softly: "This... I don't know, anyway, it's my mother who wants to do this! How can our brothers stop it? Really, it really has nothing to do with our brothers!"

Yuxiao?hehe!It's just a bird of a feather.

Such words can deceive ordinary people and not everyone present.What's more, their eyes are erratic, and they secretly peep at the letters in Yinzhi and Yinzhi's hands from time to time, saying that they are as guilty as they are.

Yin Zhen narrowed his eyes.

Is the child trafficking thing related to them?He was noncommittal about the arguments of the two men, and signaled the chief guard, Musca, to interrogate them well.

Not just this family.

The whole village was gathered, and the villagers were full of panic. It didn't take long for someone to explain the situation of this family.

Putting things together can be regarded as forming the whole.

The family of the deceased Mrs. Xu was considered a wealthy family in the village, and the one who died was her eldest son, who had been raised by his grandmother since childhood.When he was a little older, he was sent to his grandmother's natal family - a merchant in Fuzhou to study. Before his death, he had passed the Juren exam, and he was considered an outstanding talent.As for the daughter-in-law, Xiao Wang, she is also a girl from her grandmother's natal family, which can be regarded as a close relationship.

The relationship between the eldest son's family and Mrs. Xu is very ordinary.

The relationship between the second son and the third son raised by Mrs. Xu's side is much closer, and they always have partiality when they get old.Mrs. Xu more or less felt that the eldest son's success in the Juren examination was due to the efforts of the mother-in-law's family, and it was also the grandson, so why didn't the second and third sons get the turn?The old lady who passed away didn't care about Mrs. Xu, the daughter-in-law at all, and she was unwilling to let go of her second and third grandsons to study at her natal home. The last one barely passed the Tongsheng exam, and the other failed repeatedly.

Yin Zhen was speechless upon hearing this.

He muttered: "Even if you can't pass the exam for a child student, you still want to raise someone?"

The faces of the two men turned blue and white.

They lowered their heads, hiding the hatred in their eyes.Where is Big Brother better than them?It's just that Fuzhou's ability to study is better than them, and they can do it instead!

The two thought that they had concealed their emotions well.

But in the eyes of everyone, it was all loopholes. The head of the guard, Musca, was suspicious, and after the two men were dragged down, he whispered: "Reporting to the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the slave suspects the cause of his brother's death." There are other reasons."

Yinzhen and Yinzhi turned their eyes to Musca

Muska whispered: "His neighbor said that the deceased eldest son had already passed the Juren examination before he turned thirty, and he was in good health when he returned to the village."

"Admitted to Juren before turning 30?" Yinzhi whispered in surprise.Just now I said that the person who passed away had passed the exam, but I never thought that he passed the exam when he was less than 30 years old!

There was also a trace of regret in the guards' eyes.

Yinzhen continued to ask: "And then? How did he die of illness? What did the doctor say?"

The head of the guard, Musca, had a solemn face.

He shook his head slightly: "My slave has asked people to inquire about it. I heard that the doctor who used to treat the eldest son has moved to another place, but now the doctor in the village has never seen him! After his father passed away, the eldest son took his wife back to the village to observe his filial piety, and his health deteriorated day by day, and finally he died a few days ago."

The doctor leaves.

The new doctor never saw the eldest son.

I used to be healthy, but suddenly I became terminally ill.

In the end, even his wife was killed, and he planned to sell his son.

If this pair of brothers did...

Both Yinzhen and Yinzhi shuddered, as long as they thought about it a little, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

At this moment, a hand was put on their shoulders.

Yinzhen and Yinzhi were startled, and they both jumped up together—after they jumped up, Yinzhen felt a little embarrassed again.

Are you afraid of ghosts even if you can kill ghosts yourself?

He had the courage to look back, his eyes widened: "Ama Khan?"

Yinzhi's body froze suddenly.

His face was flushed, and he asked, "Khan Ama, why are you here?"

Kangxi looked at the two sons inexplicably: "You haven't come back for so long, and you have called away so many guards, of course I want to come and see."

Seeing a head and a corpse on the ground, and a bottle of coffin beside it being opened, Kangxi frowned.

This bloody and filthy scene can't let my son watch more.

Kangxi hurriedly wanted to take his two sons away, but unexpectedly, Yinzhen and Yinzhi stopped him together: "Khan Ama, this matter needs to be investigated." While talking, Yinzhen also signaled to the chief guard Musca Then tell Khan Ama the ins and outs of the future.

Unlike Yinzhen and Yinzhi who are frowning.

Kangxi's expression was calm and indifferent. After hearing what Musk said, he immediately ordered the two men and their families to be brought out.

In front is the prince.

Who else is this yellow-robed man in front of him?The middle-aged man was almost terrified, not to mention his wife and daughter were kneeling on the ground trembling, secretly cursing the dead old woman in their hearts.

Damn old woman!

If such a thing had to happen, my man would be unlucky. If he could show his face in front of the emperor, would his man have no future?With a trace of expectation in their hearts, they pricked up their ears and listened to the emperor's orders.

Kangxi had already seen the greed and longing in their eyes.

For this kind of person, there is no need to use other tricks, he directly threw the letter on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Say! Who came up with this selling thing?"

sell off?

The two brothers were trembling with fear.The second son sneered: "Your Majesty, the grassroots are wronged! How can you sell your nephew! This is absolutely impossible!"

"The grass people are wronged, the grass people are wronged!"

"I... I'm talking about selling a son, how do you know it's your nephew?"

The throats of the two men seemed to be choked.

The two faces were blue, white, red, and purple, but they couldn't utter a word.After a while, the son kowtowed vigorously a few times, and said in a trembling voice with a pale face: "Report to the emperor... Cao Min heard it from my mother."

He choked up.

Immediately afterwards, the third son also lay down on the ground and wept: "The grassroots are foolish and filial, I really dare not dissuade my mother, so I can only let my mother do it..."

Yinzhen blinked.

He asked curiously: "So that old woman can read and write letters just now?"

The two dared not speak again.

Kangxi ordered the village head to be dragged here, and the village head is now terribly scared.He didn't dare to raise his head to see Tian Yan, and kowtowed: "Caomin pays respects to the emperor."

"Have you ever heard that Mrs. Xu is going to sell her grandson?"

"Mrs. Xu? Selling her grandson?" The village chief looked confused, and then waved his hands again and again: "Old lady Xu is not good to her daughter-in-law, but she still likes her grandson—and she said that she would adopt her to her younger son's family."

adopt?Trafficking?

Kangxi sneered, pointing to the letter thrown on the ground: "Look, who wrote this?"

"This is... this is the word of the second child!"

The village chief's eyes almost popped out.He turned his head and looked at the two brothers with a little shock and disbelief: "You, what are you doing?"

"This is the second brother's idea!"

"This is the third brother's idea!"

The two brothers spoke in unison.

Seeing the other party revealing his old background, the third child who was still snotting and crying before became anxious: "This letter is obviously written by you, the second brother, and you have picked and picked a lot of people who said they would sell it for a high price!"

"Damn! Didn't your wife tell me I did this? And don't think I don't know that you lost a lot of money in gambling and are waiting to sell your nephew to pay back the money!"

"Nonsense! It's clear that the second sister-in-law is greedy for the elder sister-in-law's bracelet jewelry."

"Oh, didn't your mother-in-law take it? Don't think I don't know that your sister-in-law's dowry is about to be robbed! You see that the eldest brother is dead, and I feel guilty and encourage my mother to force my sister-in-law to death. Is it because she is afraid that she will go home with the dowry and be killed by others?" Did you find it?"

The two brothers bit the dog.

They didn't care about the emperor in front of them, so they rushed forward and fought together.Just when Kangxi was about to stop them, the third wife's wife revealed a shocking inside story: "Bah! Don't think we don't know, the boss was killed by you!"

"Smelly bitch, I will beat you to death!"

"Second brother! What are you going to do?"

Kangxi stared.

The guards stepped forward to pull them away, their eyes full of disgust.

There is a huge amount of information in the conversation between the four of them alone!

I say something to you, and you say something to me.After a while, several people explained clearly.The two families all looked at Xiao Wang's dowry, but because of the bad relationship between Xiao Wang and her mother-in-law, her husband told her to take the child back to her mother's house before he died.

The mother-in-law felt resentful.

The second family and the third family had hidden tricks in their hearts. After killing Xiao Wang and asking for the title of a strong woman, they would be able to avoid a lot of land taxes. As for the little devil who gets in the way, he can earn another ticket by selling it to the side.

In the eyes of the two brothers, the old family members who have passed away are not brothers, they are just fat sheep surrounded by wolves.

In this way, the second child is still plausible.

He felt that he had a conscience, so he picked a few merchants in Fuzhou City—not to mention anything else, at least he would not have to worry about food, clothing and housing when he went to these houses.

Yinzhi let out a long sigh.

He was just about to sigh that this person still has the last shred of conscience, when he saw Yinzhen's eyes turned to him strangely.Yinzhen lowered his voice: "Third brother, you don't really believe it, do you?"

Yin Zhi blinked in confusion: "Huh?"

The head of the guard, Musca, reminded at the right time: "Third elder brother, although this man speaks in a high-sounding way, he only asked about the price in the letters back and forth, but he never asked about the address of the other party's home, the size of the family, and the reason for buying the child."

Needless to say, Yinzhi also came back to his senses.

His face was flushed red, and he immediately realized that he was blinded by his miserable appearance of crying.Then think about his behavior of cooperating with his mother to force his sister-in-law to death, and attributing all the reasons for killing her sister-in-law to his own mother... Can such a person have a conscience?

Everything is just pretending.