It was Xie Xiaolian's voice.
Xiao Fuyuan was overjoyed. With Brother Xie here, Sister Qinghe would not be bullied by the Han family.
Xie Xiaolian had just returned from Huaicheng and passed by the door of Mrs. Xia's house on the street.
He heard a quarrel coming from inside, and one of the clear voices was familiar to him.
He tightened his reins and listened, and found that his name was involved.
He turned out to be what the Han family called Xia Qinghe's "adulterer".
Xie Xiaolian was confused for a moment.
Turning over and dismounting, Xie Xiaolian strode to the yard.
When the melon-eaters in the village saw the appearance of the "adulterer" Xie Xiaolian, sparks of inquiry flashed in their eyes.
"Master, you are here." Bai Zhaomei shouted in surprise.
Xie Xiaolian nodded slightly to Bai Zhaomei and stood beside Xiao Fuyuan and Bai Zhaomei.
Xie Xiaolian glanced around the crowd and saw Xia Qinghe standing behind Xie Chuntao, her eyes red and her thin body trembling slightly.
"Who said I was an adulterer?" Xie Xiaolian looked at Han Shan and her son with cold eyes.
Xie Xiaolian's momentum was so strong that Han Shan and her son were stunned for a moment, especially Niu, who held the handkerchief with a guilty conscience and did not dare to answer.
"Didn't I just say that Xie Xiaolian was her adulterer? I am Xie Xiaolian. Why, you don't even know the adulterer?" Xie Xiaolian pointed at Xia Qinghe and asked Niu, who was so frightened that he backed away.
Wu Xiaoying stood in the crowd and looked at Xie Xiaolian. Why did he feel that Xie Xiaolian was quite happy with the status of "adulterer".
"Why don't you say anything?" Xie Xiaolian smiled lightly.
"One of you, the mother-in-law, bullies her daughter-in-law, and the other, the husband, bullies his wife. If you can't insult her enough, you'll be labeled an adulterer. It's really an eye-opener." Xie Xiaolian cast a contemptuous glance at Han Shan.
How could a good girl like Xia Qinghe marry such a man? This shows that God is not open to her.
"You also know that she is my wife. You are an outsider. It's your turn to speak?" Han Shan gritted his teeth.
He could tell from Xie Xiaolian's words that Xie Xiaolian was vaguely concerned about Xia Qinghe.
"If you don't all label me an adulterer, why can't I, the client, speak up?" Xie Xiaolian said with a smile.
Xia Qinghe passed behind Xie Chuntao, bowed to Xie Xiaolian and said, "Brother Xie, I'm sorry for bringing your reputation into disrepute. This is a matter between me and the Han family, please leave it alone."
Xia Qinghe didn't want Xie Xiaolian to be involved.
She had bandaged his wounds, he had saved her from a tiger's mouth, and the two of them had made peace. There was really no need to get into such a turmoil because of her.
Xia Qinghe's "Thank you brother" made the Han family mother and son angry, and also made the villagers look at them with suspicion.
From this tone, the two of them looked very familiar.
Xie Xiaolian has been in the village for a year, and the dragon often disappears. None of them are very familiar with him, but Xia Qinghe, who married to another village, is very familiar with him.
"Look at your familiar looks, and you still say that you are innocent?" Han Shan asked angrily.
There are some mean people in the village who have already branded Xia Qinghe as a womanly person. They openly call another person "big brother" in front of men. Even if the two of them have nothing to say, they must not shy away from it.
What's more, Xie Xiaolian has long legs, a wide waist and a good-looking face, so how can he not be misunderstood.
"You just said that the veil that fell out of my arms belonged to Miss Xia? Who saw it and who said it? Is there anyone who can prove it?" Xie Xiaolian asked Han Shan.
Han Shan said nothing.
Niu answered quickly: "People in our village have seen it. My cousin's wife recognizes my daughter-in-law's needlework, and she also saw it."
Xiao Fuyuan went through the Han family's "cousin-in-law" in her mind, and it turned out that she was an acquaintance. Han Dalang's daughter-in-law, who was killed by a tiger, was the daughter-in-law who came to Lao Bai's house to make trouble.
When Xia Qinghe heard her mother-in-law mention her cousin's daughter-in-law, her chest beat with anger.
This bitch did something like that with Han Shan. She felt ashamed and never mentioned it to others.
Unexpectedly, he hit her with a rake and poured the dirty water on her head.
She said why Han Shan and Niu were always teasing her about having an adulterer these days, it turned out to be this bitch who was the instigator.
Just as Xia Qinghe was about to speak, Xie Xiaolian took out a handkerchief from her arms.
"Is it this veil?" Xie Xiaolian raised the veil to Niu.
The crowd of onlookers hissed, and a green handkerchief was embroidered with a pink lotus.
This style of handkerchief is familiar to everyone. In the past, Xia Qinghe’s handkerchief and clothes were often embroidered with lotus flowers, which happened to correspond to her name.
Xia Qinghe's heart tightened, this veil was indeed hers.
At that time, she met Xie Xiaolian who was injured in the mountains and helped him bandage his wound, using this scarf to wrap it up.
After the incident, she herself forgot about the veil.
"Yes, it's this handkerchief with lotus embroidered on it." Niu felt quite guilty because she couldn't recognize her daughter-in-law's needlework at all. She looked at a lotus and forced herself to answer.
"Are you sure?" Xie Xiaolian asked forcefully.
"It belongs to my daughter-in-law, that's right." Niu gritted his teeth.
Xie Xiaolian put the handkerchief into her arms and said with a smile: "This handkerchief was embroidered for me by my unmarried wife. She is a famous embroiderer in the capital. Even the emperor praised her. It's a coincidence that my wife's name is taboo. There is also a lotus character in it. It’s not like your daughter-in-law is the only one who can embroider lotus flowers on the veil, but my unmarried wife can’t do it, right?”
Xie Xiaolian's smile made the person feel cold.
Xia Qinghe looked towards Xie Xiaolian.
"My master told me that I will go back to Beijing next year to marry my master." Bai Zhaomei praised her without blushing.
His master never mentioned anything like "Master's Wife" to him, but Bai Zhaomei subconsciously knew that what he said would be beneficial to both his master and Sister Qinghe.
Wu Xiaoying stood beside him and also supported him: "Fellow folks, my brother's fiancée is indeed a famous embroiderer in the capital. She comes from a noble family and is very handsome. This family has a cruel heart, but my brother saved her from the tiger's mouth. They were not grateful and instead threw dirty water on my brother. Think about it, how could my brother with such a character and appearance look down on a country woman?"
Xie Xiaolian glanced at Wu Xiaoying, who quickly shut up.
The villagers suddenly realized, yes, although Xie Xiaolian claimed to be a guard, what kind of noble family was A Zhen? A guard could make the county magistrate bend over to him?
His identity cannot be said.
How could someone with such a status look down on a rural woman from the countryside, and she was already married.
No matter how beautiful Xia Qinghe is, how about a girl from a noble family in the capital who has been praised by the emperor?
So everyone started to look at the Han family with unkind eyes. This family was so vicious that they slandered their daughter-in-law like this.
"I didn't know that you can use a piece of handkerchief to clear someone's innocence." Xie Xiaolian said as he drew a knife from his waist. "If anyone dares to slander me again, don't blame my knife for not recognizing people."
Niu and Han Shan, mother and son, were too frightened to say anything.
"If I hear something bad said about me, this knife doesn't recognize anyone either."
Xie Xiaolian held the knife and glanced at the blind date who was watching, with a warning in his eyes.
(End of chapter)
