Dusk lingers in the sky, and the crescent moon has quietly climbed up.
The villagers, who were supposed to be preparing dinner individually, gathered outside Gong Jingsong's yard to watch the fun.
There was a farce going on in the yard.
The Liu family's eldest son and daughter, Ye Yun's uncle Liu Hong and aunt Liu Yan'er, who live in the town, are lame in the hospital with a bruised nose and swollen face and are crying.
"Brother and sister, how can you be so cruel? You really don't care about each other's family ties. If you say you want to abandon my brother, just abandon me. Let's forget it if we can't share the pain."
"Your daughter deliberately hit the deputy envoy, so that we could take the blame and be beaten up by the government officials."
Liu Yaner sat down on the ground, hugged her son and daughter, and cried in grievance.
Liu Hong pointed to the white-haired father in the room who was guarding his brother and mother.
"Even our father didn't let go. His legs are completely disabled. If our Liu family hadn't taken you in, you would have been sold to a brothel. Mother Ye, you can't be ungrateful!"
He shook his head in disappointment, looked at Ye Niang and said compassionately.
"What happened has happened, and we don't want to argue with you. If you have a conscience, come back and take care of your husband-in-law and parents. This will be regarded as compensation for your daughter's maiming of our father."
Ye Niang was guarded by the old doctor and apprentice, biting her lip, her eyes filled with tears and her face hesitant.
She didn't believe that her daughter would get out of this kind of thing, but if she unintentionally affected the Liu family, if she refused and reported Yaonv to the Yamen, Yaonv would be put in a cell if she beat that adult. Bar? !
"You, are you telling the truth?"
Ye Yun's fourth sister advised: "Mom, don't believe it."
The senior sister on the side protected them and nodded in agreement.
"Do you think the injuries on our bodies are fake? We are not so crazy that we beat ourselves up like this."
Liu Hong glared at her, lifted up his sleeves and showed his strong but purple elbows.
The villagers talked a lot, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, speaking of it, the Liu family actually didn't kill any of them except selling their daughter. Ye Yun and the others are so cruel."
"Whoever dares to approach Ye Niang's daughters in the future will be killed if they don't like them."
Ye Niang listened to the sounds around her and began to become determined with a sad look on her face. Her daughters were so good and they could not let their fame harm them.
"What you said, I answered -"
Liu Hong and others' eyes flashed with excitement, waiting for her to finish.
The bullock cart stopped outside the crowd, and Ye Yun heard her mother's voice. No matter what she was talking about, she subconsciously jumped down and shouted to stop.
"etc!"
When the villagers saw the protagonist of the gossip, they consciously gave way.
"mother!"
The two sisters, Ye Wan, ran over and hugged their mother's fourth sister.
"Wan'er, Qing'er!"
Gong Jingsong believed that she could solve the problem by herself, so he picked up the unconscious boy and went straight to the house for treatment.
Ye Yun stood in front of Liu Hong and others and learned the whole story from the senior sister.
"After I beat the deputy envoy, I asked you to take the blame? Do you mean to say that the deputy envoy is a hypocritical villain, saying that he doesn't care about the consequences? I wonder if you will be spared after passing the news to the deputy envoy? "
If Lan Yucheng let them go now, there should be no further investigation. As for why the Liu family was beaten around, they deserved it.
"You are slandering! We didn't mean it. After you beat the adults, we were punished. It is a fact that we have nothing to do with you."
Liu Hong's fat face trembled with anger and he hurriedly explained loudly.
Ye Yun sneered, "Haha, people who have studied and been admitted as scholars are just good at wording."
"It doesn't matter. You, the Liu family, are jealous of money and try to take advantage of your blood relationship with Ye Yun and others to receive the banknotes. I will punish you and give you a beating."
Suddenly, a semi-familiar male voice followed the owner Lan Yuxiang through the crowd and walked into the courtyard.
"The civilian girl has met Mr. Lan."
Ye Yun immediately noticed the delicate little girl holding tightly beside him, lowering her head and grasping the corners of her rough clothes.
This should be the group's favorite heroine. It seems that Lan Yuxiang still listened to the advice.
She was very happy to be able to save a kidnapped child.
The villagers were shocked and hurriedly followed suit.
Lan Yuxiang stretched out his hand, weakly helped Ye Yun up, and said softly: "Sorry, thank you very much."
"Ah? Sir, why are you thanking Minnu?"
Ye Yun pretended not to know and asked.
The Lan family's search for the group's favorite heroine was done in secret, and she, a village girl, shouldn't know.
The faint doubt in Lan Yuxiang's eyes dissipated, and he touched the head of the little girl beside him without answering.
Liu Hong and others on the side were so frightened that they were sweating. They felt that the injuries on their bodies were even more painful, and they frantically begged for mercy and explanation.
Uncle Liu limped out, knelt in front of Lan Yuxiang, and kowtowed heavily.
"The villain's family is very disabled. Seeing that the villain's wife is paralyzed, she wants her daughter-in-law and granddaughters to return home. She has no choice but to be so obsessed that she comes up with this bad idea. Can you please spare the villain's family?"
The Liu family is very clever at playing tricks. After all the words, Lan Yuxiang is an outsider. If he uses his official position to pressure others to pursue the case, he will be unkind and helpless.
"I will not pursue this matter."
Lan Yuxiang raised his eyebrows, relieved to see the Liu family, and gave the side a scary look.
The guard understood and spoke in a deep voice: "For the arson case, you should go to Ding Xiucai's family to seek compensation. Ding Xiucai and Liu Fu were having an affair in private and was discovered by his wife. She became jealous and secretly asked Lezi Liu to set fire to Liu Fu to death. "
"After Ding Xiucai found out, he was also jealous that Ye Niang was Liu Fuming's upright wife, so he asked Lezi Liu, who had escaped, to come back and drag Ye Niang into the water."
"Liu Caihong could have been forgiven for being coerced into frame-up, but the next day she and Liu Hong and Liu Yan'er accepted money from scholars. Not only did they continue to frame him, they also bribed Mr. Ding of the Yamen. They bribed and knew the criminal but framed others."
"Both crimes will be punished together. He will be put into a cell immediately and will be released after ten years of imprisonment."
The villagers were so shocked that Ding Xiucai, who was described by the guards as a gentle and capable teacher, was having an affair with Liu Fu, that they opened their mouths wide and were speechless for a moment.
"No, it's impossible! My relationship with Ding Lang is so...deep. How could he bear to not save me?!"
Liu Fu, who was supposed to be sleeping in the room, heard this and yelled sadly. After yelling, he fell into a coma.
The Liu family members blushed and looked embarrassed and embarrassed in the gossip and contemptuous gazes of everyone.
After the two guards tied the person up, Lan Yuxiang took the person Shi Shiran away, and stuffed a small jade tablet into Ye Yun before leaving.
"If you are in trouble in the future, you can use this card to find me."
Ye Yun chased him out to return the jade plaque to him, but he got on the carriage outside the courtyard and left without hesitation.
His beloved son and daughter were taken away. The younger son had just committed a nasty act. Uncle Liu couldn't stay any longer, so he left his unconscious wife behind and left quickly without looking back.
"Let's all go, I won't keep you for dinner."
Gong Jingsong and his eldest apprentice helped move the things on the bullock cart back to the house.
The villagers looked at the pile of things and were a little jealous. Thinking of the big man's gentle attitude towards Ye Yun just now, they thought about it again.
Everyone went back to their homes laughing and joking. Tonight, the big apricot tree with lanterns hanging high at the head of the village was definitely filled with gossipy women.
Ye Yun and his sisters who couldn't accept it brought their fragile mother back to the house in tears after learning the truth.
Ye Qing looked ugly and cursed secretly: "Disgusting!"
"Little sister, besides arson, did you also dream about this?"
Ye Wan was the first to be born and still enjoyed the slightest bit of fatherly love. She was very sad at the moment. She couldn't help but think that if her little sister had told them immediately after finding out, her mother wouldn't have to suffer so hard.
Without waiting for Ye Yun to react, the eldest sister immediately slapped her head and said angrily: "I'm sorry, little sister, I shouldn't think so. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to escape the disaster."
"Yes, eldest sister, you are wrong to think this way." The two fourth sisters nodded in agreement.
Ye Yun shook his head. She could understand the eldest sister's thoughts. A gentleman does not care about his deeds.
Looking at her mother who was sobbing softly and having difficulty accepting it, she sighed and stretched out her hand to caress her back.
"Woo hoo - why did he treat me like this? Is it because I didn't do enough? Why did he do such a scandal? How will you get married in the future? It's all your mother's fault."
Ye Yun frowned and retracted his hand, his voice gentle but stern.
She didn't say anything like not getting married. This was the feudal era, which was unacceptable to most people.
"Mom, the only bad thing about you is that you married a person and family with bad morals. No matter how good you are, you will still be hurt. Only you are worthy of your own love and careful treatment."
"If you have the ability, why worry about not having a man to ask for you? If you are entangled in this matter and stay in the village, you will have no choice but to marry the villager and waste your whole life in the village. Mom, our family will work together and we will not be afraid of a bad life." Life and reputation are all imposed by others."
"If we are really worried, let's make money and go to the capital. Who would know far away? It's not uncommon for big places to have more people and more scandals. We are not the ones who made mistakes. It's the ones who deserve to cry."
The four Ye Niangs were stunned when they heard this and couldn't help but think deeply.
Slowly, the eyes of the three Ye Wan sisters shone with light.
Ye Niang also raised her head, her red and swollen eyes full of determination, and whispered.
"Yonv is right, it's not mother's fault."
"He is not worthy. If I give birth to a child for him, he will be looked down upon by others."
Ye Niang's face became more determined, she reached out to hug Sister Ye Yun, and continued to speak with a smile.
"Mom, you are enough."
