Chapter 12, sold
"I deeply sympathize with the misfortune of Yang Xiaojin's family. However, one code is the same. To sum up, all the above are your one-sided words. It can neither prove that Yang Xiaojin's family was harmed by Yao Yuanbin, nor can it be a reason for you to kill."
Although Yuan Xingbang was persuaded by Xi Xingchen, as an elder of the Discipline Hall, he still remembered his responsibilities very clearly.
"Of course I have my reasons." Xi Xingchen said loudly.
Xi Xingchen couldn't help but be annoyed by this. He not only set the pace, but also brought out the misery of Yang Xiaojin's family. He finally aroused some sympathy from everyone, but Yuan Xingbang brought him back to his original shape with one sentence.
"Then tell me your reasons." Yuan Xingbang said unmoved.
"I've been talking for so long, have you noticed a problem?" Xi Xingchen said again.
"What's the problem?" Zhou Zhenhai's appetite had been successfully whetted by Xi Xingchen, and he asked almost unconsciously.
"Where did Yang Xiaojin's daughter go in the end?" Wen Gaoming sent an assist in time, while not forgetting to glance at Zhou Zhenhai with disdain.
Zhou Zhenhaiquan thought Wen Gaoming was just letting the air out and completely ignored him.
Xi Xingchen gave Wen Gaoming a big thumbs up in his heart.
"Sold!" Xi Xingchen said.
"sold?"
This answer really exceeded everyone's expectations, and the elders of the Mo family were almost shocked.
It's no wonder that the Yang family is in such a situation. In the final analysis, Yang Xiaojin loves his daughter and is afraid that she will be wronged in the Yao family.
But Yang Xiaojin sold his daughter in the end. This result was really unacceptable.
"Yang Liusheng told me that when the Yang family's mother-in-law sold her last acre of land, Yao Guoping refused to buy it at first, and then couldn't stand the woman's pleading, so he put forward an additional condition." Xi Xingchen said.
"What conditions?" Zhou Zhenhai asked.
"Yao Guoping said to the woman: 'It's not impossible for me to buy your family's land, but you have to add your daughter and the price will remain the same.'" Xi Xingchen said calmly.
"What? Yao Guoping wants to use one tael of silver to buy an acre of farmland and a young woman. Is he crazy?" Zhou Zhenhai said, trembling with anger.
"I'm not crazy, I'm confident!" Xi Xingchen said.
"The woman agreed?" Yuan Xingbang couldn't help asking even though he knew the answer.
"Does she have a choice?" Wen Gaoming said angrily before Xi Xingchen could answer. "You really think that the folk saying of 'changing children and eating them' is empty talk."
At this time, Han Xiuxian also let out a long sigh: "Whether you believe it or not, sometimes parents do not sell their children out of cruelty. On the contrary, they make such a choice out of love for their children."
Han Xiuxian had melancholy and helplessness on his brows. To be able to say such things, he must be a person with a story.
"Elder Han, what's the explanation for this?" Zhou Zhenhai has been obsessed with learning all his life. He likes to debate world affairs with celebrities all over the world, but he has very little knowledge of the common people's worldly affairs and people's hearts.
"Over the years, I have seen many parents sell their children to wealthy people because they themselves cannot survive. Selling their children can not only exchange for some money and food to continue their lives, but also help their children find someone to rely on. , although the status is a bit humble, but at least I still have food to eat and can survive."
"In a disaster year when hunger is everywhere, being alive is a bigger thing than the sky. Only those who have experienced hunger understand this feeling."
"Judging from the tragedy of Yang Xiaojin's family, the woman made the right choice at that time." Han Xiuxian finally said.
"Really? I don't think so!"
When he thought of what happened next, even after so long, Xi Xingchen still couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.
In the thirty-fourth year of Jingxian's reign, it was night and light rain on April 13th.
After Xi Xingchen and Dong Liangce visited the villagers in Yangjia Village, it was already dark, so they had to return to Zhuma Town again.
As soon as he walked into the inn, Xi Xingchen saw a well-dressed young man ordering a table of dishes and sitting on the Eight Immortals Table in the center of the inn, drinking.
Because there was something on his mind, Xi Xingchen asked the shopkeeper for a bottle of wine and two plates of side dishes, and was going to take them back to the room to chat with Dong Liangce about the case while eating.
"Wait a minute!" Just when Xi Xingchen and the two were about to go upstairs, the young man who was drinking suddenly raised his head and shouted.
Xi Xingchen and the other two turned around and looked at the young man in confusion.
The man in green raised the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile: "You two gentlemen, you have been working hard all the way. I just prepared some thin wine. Drinking alone is very boring. If you don't mind, you might as well come over and have a drink."
"Thank you for your kindness, brother. However, the two of you are busy with official business and don't dare to do any work." Dong Liangce clasped his fists in thanks.
"Hmph!" The young man snorted coldly and suddenly put the wine glass heavily on the table. His face immediately turned gloomy: "In Zhuma Town, no one dares not to drink my wine, Yao Wenbin?"
When Xi Xingchen and Dong Liangce heard this, they glanced at each other in unison, and their eyes suddenly lit up.
Before Dong Liangce could speak, Xi Xingchen said first, "Yao Wenbin, are you the young boss of Dafa Rice Store?"
"That's right!" Yao Wenbin had a look of arrogance on his face.
"Interesting!" Xi Xingchen suddenly smiled in his heart when he heard this.
According to the plan discussed by Xi Xingchen and Dong Liangce on their way back to Zhuma Town, Xi Xingchen was going to Dafa Rice Store tomorrow to meet the Yao family and his son. Unexpectedly, he hadn't gone yet. As the biggest suspect in the Yang Xiaojin case, he I took the initiative to come to the door, and I really answered the saying: there is no place to be found after wearing iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.
"Long time admiration! Long time admiration!" Xi Xingchen walked over and sat down with a smile. At the same time, he did not forget to call Dong Liangce to come over, "You really can't help but drink Yao Shaodong's wine. Old Dong, you come here too. It's rare for Yao Shaodong's family to be so sincere. Let's How could I betray the good wishes of my young master?"
Dong Liangce understood immediately and sat across from Xi Xingchen. He bowed his hand to Yao Wenbin and said, "Young master, we two brothers, it's better to be respectful than to obey."
Seeing Xi Xingchen and two people sitting down, Yao Wenbin's expression suddenly became normal, as if nothing had happened. He poured a glass of wine for each of them with a smile, then raised his glass and said: "You two gentlemen, we meet each other." Yuan, if we drink this glass of wine, we will be friends from now on."
"I'll do it first as a token of respect!" Yao Wenbin raised his neck and drank all the wine in the glass.
While Yao Wenbin was drinking, Xi Xingchen immediately had a silver needle between his fingers and quickly tapped it into his and Dong Liangce's wine glasses.
Xi Xingchen saw that the silver needle had not changed color, so he also picked up the wine glass and said: "To my young master!"
"To my young master!" Dong Liangce saw Xi Xingchen's little move just now. When he saw Xi Xingchen drink the wine, he knew that the wine was fine, so he also drank the wine in the glass.
"Okay!" Seeing that the two of them were happy, Yao Wenbin praised them and filled their glasses again.
