As soon as her words fell, the people outside looked around with different expressions.
"Hey, you old man, if you dare to throw dirty water on our family, believe it or not, I will tear your mouth alive!"
After saying that, Song Huixin rolled up his sleeves and immediately wanted to show her some colors.
Mother Liu screamed and backed away, with a look of fear on her face, "Sir, help me, Yongcheng Houfu is beating someone!"
"quiet!"
The gavel fell heavily on the table, and the prefect's face turned black. He looked at Song Huixin, his eyes full of solemnity, "This is the court!"
Song Huixin stared at him, then slowly took back his steps after a moment, and lowered his sleeves with a sullen face.
"Brothers and sisters, calm down." Liu Fanyin lowered his voice, a hint of darkness flashed in his eyes, "I am here."
Song Huixin was slightly stunned, his eyes falling on the thin woman on one side.
The sister-in-law in her memory was Liu Fufeng, whose back had always been slightly curved, like a piece of jade, fragile and fragile.
Such a soft and weak sister-in-law is now standing in front of her.
"Ms. Liu, when you said that it would take you three to five years to earn fifty taels of silver, were you feeling guilty?" Liu Fanyin looked at her with sarcasm in his eyes, "How many people come in and out of Jixiangyuan every day? Do you need me?" Can I check it for you?"
"You buy and sell women privately and force girls into prostitution. Every time late at night, the cry of a girl can be heard from Jixiang Garden. You know very well whether there are any lives involved!"
"We are doing serious business, how could we cause death?" Mother Liu's face turned pale, she pointed at Liu Fanyin and shouted, "Now we are talking about the Yongcheng Marquis, please stop changing the subject in front of adults!"
Liu Fanyin chuckled and said in an indifferent tone, "How much can you make if you buy Su Zi for fifty taels of silver and then sell her to Jixiang Garden?"
"Fifty taels, it's just a little bit exposed on your fingertips." Liu Fanyin's tone was indifferent, and his emotions could not be discerned. "You think of yourself as a commoner, but you live a life of a master. You are two-faced. What do you say? How much can you believe it?"
Mother Liu was choked for a moment, and there was a trace of cold sweat on her back.
"If you want the money back, we will naturally not refuse, but if you want to slander the Marquis, we will continue to fight with you." Liu Fanyin stared at her, her pink lips opened slightly, and her voice rose a little, "Yongcheng The Houfu will never sell any of its servants, and we will not accept this dirty water."
"Okay!" Song Huixin took two steps forward with an moved expression, "Sister-in-law... your words have touched my heart!"
Liu Fanyin looked at her with a smile, his eyes full of love, "Don't be arrogant. When you get emotional, think more about your mother's advice."
Song Huixin pursed her lips and responded in a low voice.
Bi Luo, who was standing behind the two of them, shrugged her nose and hid the dagger in her sleeve more tightly for fear of falling out.
The prefect looked at the farce in front of him and considered the matter in his mind, "Ms. Liu, what else do you have to say?"
Mother Liu's face turned pale, she stabilized her expression on the verge of collapse, and whispered, "Sir, Yongcheng Marquis is using his power to bully others, common people..."
"Have you thought about it?" The magistrate looked at her quietly and said in a deep voice, "Once the words are spoken, there will be no turning back."
"You are suing the Yongcheng Marquis. There is no chance of winning. It was the deceased aunt who stole the crown prince's private seal and signed a contract with you on her own initiative. The two young ladies of the Yongcheng Marquis also expressed their attitude and agreed to pay for the money. , Even so, you still insist on insisting?"
Mother Liu remembered the conditions offered by the man, swallowed her saliva, and raised her voice, "Sir, the common people just want an explanation!"
"Very good!" The prefect said in a low voice with a displeased look on his face, "In my opinion, the ladies of Marquis Yongcheng are too kind-hearted, and that's why they attracted someone like you who doesn't know how to praise them!"
"Come here, drag this bustard out and use ten sticks!" The magistrate snorted coldly and waved his hand, "Check the people in Jixiangyuan thoroughly and find out where they came from and why they cried in the middle of the night!"
"yes!"
The government officials rushed up, and Liu's mother panicked. The blood on her face faded, and she crawled up to the top. Unfortunately, before she could take any action, two government officials grabbed her arms and forced her to death. Drag out.
Outside the courtroom, her miserable screams echoed.
"My lord! My lord, I won't sue you! My lord..."
On the way back home, Song Huixin sat in the carriage and stared at Liu Fanyin with interest, looking up and down.
Liu Fanyin found it funny and said leisurely, "Why are my brothers and sisters staring at me?"
"I just feel that today's sister-in-law is very different." Song Huixin held her chin, looking charming.
Liu Fanyin couldn't help laughing and said softly, "What's the difference?"
"I can't tell." Song Huixin shook her head and said in a brisk tone, "I like today's sister-in-law better."
Liu Fanyin looked at her, with an inexplicable flash in his eyes, and said lightly, "Why don't I envy you, you are unrestrained, fearless of heaven and earth..."
"Since I was a child, I have learned to be a good child and a good wife. I have been taught by my family to obey my father at home, my husband when I get married, and my son after my husband dies. For so many years, I have not spoken loudly to anyone." Liu Fanyin smiled bitterly, "If I hadn't been awakened by my mother, I don't know how long I would have been tortured by the Hua Qing siblings."
"It's you," Liu Fanyin raised his eyes to look at Song Huixin opposite, raised his lips and smiled, "As long as you don't get into trouble for a day, General Song will praise you to the sky. How can anyone not envy you..."
Song Huixin paused, remembering the scene in his mind when his father and he had a big fight and broke up over whether a woman could join the army, and she twitched her lips in embarrassment.
"Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite." Song Huixin lowered his head slightly with a blank look on his face, "My sister-in-law is only envious of the surface."
"That's fine." Liu Fanyin sighed softly, his eyes falling on the corner of the curtain blown by the wind, "I hope that when I return to the house, I can get a compliment from the old lady."
Song Huixin grinned, stuffed the Tang Pozi in her hand into Liu Fanyin's arms, and said softly, "Sister-in-law is weak, please take one more to warm yourself."
The carriage drove leisurely in the direction of Yongcheng Houfu, and the girls' voices were also crushed into the wheels.
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Qingling
The carriage stopped in front of a mansion, and the Fang sisters got out of the car one after another and stood still in front of the mansion.
The house is neither big nor small, with a formal two-in-one layout, a bare head, and the door plaque has long been removed by Fang Lan, leaving only traces of the past.
"Let's go." Fang Lan straightened his clothes, walked slowly up the blue brick steps, and said softly, "Someone comes to clean the place every day. It's very clean."
Fang Xu didn't have much expression on his face and followed his sister's footsteps into the house.
I don't know if it was Fang Xu's illusion, but as soon as he stepped into the courtyard, the coldness on his body dissipated, and he felt a little warm.
"The two ladies are back."
A woman in burlap clothes walked out of the house, smiled broadly, and said in a loud voice, "We prepare everything every day, just waiting for you two to come!" (End of Chapter)
