Qin Xian drank too much yesterday, and she was too drunk. She was groggy and had already been up for three hours a day.
At this moment, Mo Qijia suddenly pushed open the door and walked in. He looked panicked and his eyes were dancing as he stared at Qin Xian and hesitated to speak.
Qin Xian said angrily: "It's early in the morning, why are you panicking!"
Mo Qijia said: "Brother Qin! Aunt Hong, Aunt Hong is dead!"
The young man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I saw you last night."
As he spoke, he turned around and picked up the weeds at his feet, then put them down again. He looked a little at a loss, until a drop of tears wet Platycodon grandiflorum, and he pushed Mo Qijia away and rushed back.
Mo Qijia ignored Song Qian and the young Taoist who were still sleeping, and followed with red eyes.
Qin Xian hasn't been back for a long time. The last time he came back was last year's New Year's Eve. At that time, he had a quarrel with his mother, and the yard looked strange. He remembered that his mother loved to be clean, and her clothes were always washed once a day and collected the next day. She would only take a day off unless it rained.
Now that the clothes are dry, they have not been confiscated.
Go straight to the house.
Qin Xian looked at her mother, whose eyes were closed and her face was ashen with blood stains. She immediately rushed forward, grabbed her arm, pulled her up hard, and kept saying: "Get up, get up."
Xu Shi's hands slipped, he took them off, and sat down on the ground. Then he hugged his head and cried, and said: "You don't care about me, and you have never cared about me. Your thoughts are on other people all day long. Whether the marriage with other people is successful or not has nothing to do with you. Qian, you worry about everything and ignore me. When I see you cleaning up the orange grove, I think you are changing your mind. But unexpectedly, you only take care of the orange grove all day long. The whole family is happy to celebrate the birthdays of other children, and so on. Years ago, I got a birthday gift from you, and now I just throw away my hands and leave, what kind of mother are you!"
Mo Qijia was also extremely sad at this time, but he still interrupted Qin Xian and said: "Brother Qin, I heard someone at the door just now said that Aunt Hong was murdered!"
Qin Xian then stood up, grabbed Mo Qijia by the collar, and said ferociously: "Who is it!"
Seeing Mo Qijia hesitate, he shouted angrily: "Who is it!"
"Say it's Uncle Gu."
"Impossible! Uncle Gu treats my mother like his own sister, why would he harm my mother? Who started the rumor?" Qin Xian argued, not believing it.
"Xian Yuanshan said it. At this time, the villagers are being convened on the stage to discuss matters. They are going to Lizi Village to take Gu Hao for punishment." Mo Qijia said.
Qin Xian turned around and covered the matchmaker's body with a quilt, muttering: "I will definitely find out the murderer, not for you, but for myself." After saying this, she rushed to the stage angrily.
Xianyuanshan has been very good at manipulating people's hearts over the years, especially the villagers here. Standing on the stage at the moment, looking at the villagers below, he said loudly, "Folks, I have called you here today because it is actually about something related to my flower-selling business." It's a big deal. Yesterday, a nobleman fell in love with a girl from the Guhao family and wanted to take her as a concubine. So I asked someone to come to our door to propose marriage, so I asked the matchmaker to talk about the matter. Unexpectedly, Guhao's heart was like a wolf and jackal. If he didn't agree, it would be fine. It cost the matchmaker her life.”
Everyone was talking about it.
"The matchmaker is actually dead?"
"Then Gu Hao has always cared about the matchmaker and her son, how could he be like this?"
"What do you know? You're being courteous for nothing. The two of you don't know what's going on. It's not enough for outsiders."
"Even so, Gu Hao is not short of money, but he has never remarried."
"No, Gu Hao is always kind and charitable, but I absolutely don't believe he killed the matchmaker."
"Even if he helped repair the roof of my house, I wouldn't believe it."
There are actually a majority of believers, and although there are different voices, there are only a few people. This shows that the reputation of "a good person" cannot be sustained.
Xianyuanshan paused and then said: "Folks, I didn't believe it at first, but all the neighbors of Guhao's family can testify. I also saw the matchmaker's miserable situation with my own eyes. For this and that, the murderer must pay the price!"
Seeing that there was still no response, Xian Yuanshan gritted his teeth and threw out his trump card: "Do you know who asked me to find a matchmaker? He is His Highness the Prince of Dayan. All the villagers also know that I earn 70% of my living from selling flowers. It’s Da Yan, and it can be said that she has been very kind to me in selling Huali Village. Nowadays, they are just looking for marriage, not dominating, not robbing, and treating each other with courtesy. We can’t even help with this, are we still human? Don’t talk about this, Just say that if this matter fails and His Highness the Crown Prince is displeased and I stop buying flowers from selling flowers, everyone, it will be a disaster! Gu Hao wants me to sell flowers and wipe out the entire clan!" said Lao Lei. vertically and horizontally.
As soon as these words came out, there was an explosion in the crowd. Suddenly, the former "good guy" had become a murderer and the culprit who blocked the way of making money.
The world is prosperous, and everyone is here for profit.
Everything in the world is beneficial.
As the old saying goes, "You die and I bury you." It turned out that no one sympathized with the matchmaker for a while. They were all worried about their own livelihood. Seeing that the time was right, Xian Yuanshan shouted loudly: "Countrymen, follow me to Lizi Village to catch the murderer. , to avenge the matchmaker.”
The crowd responded, with Xian Yuan Shan striding in front, followed by the entire Maihuali Village.
Qin Xian rushed over angrily, only to see that the stage and grass field were empty, with only a few old men left. Before Qin Xian could speak, Mo Qijia rushed forward and asked, "We're not discussing something, why aren't we seeing anyone?"
The old man trembled and said: "It's just a matter of discussion, we all went to Lizi Village to take the trouble."
When Qin Xian heard this, she ran all the way and chased towards Lizi Village.
Xianyuanshan led the people to the stone steps of Lizi Village, went up the stone steps, passed the school, and went straight to the Gu family.
Knowing that he was outnumbered, the gatekeeper got out of the way and hurriedly went to inform his village chief that Maohuali Village was coming to cause trouble!
The home of the head of Guzi Village.
While everyone was having lunch, the young man with bright yellow python pattern asked: "Where is Zhongshu Ling?"
The young prince in the mouth of the old man Xian said: "I'm going to Wenwu Temple. It should be the ancestors who have given instructions on how to move the saint into the temple this time."
The young man nodded and didn't ask any more questions. At this time, a follower came to report and whispered a few words in the ear of the young prince. Then the young prince said: "Your Highness, please be patient. I will go and come back."
After leaving the hall and entering the courtyard, the young prince said, "What's going on? What's going on at Xianyuan Mountain?"
The accompanying guard said: "The young prince asked us to keep an eye on Xian's family earlier. Today, old man Xian took the villagers to Gu Hao's house to punish Gu Hao."
"Oh?" The young prince said with a hint of playfulness.
When the guard finished telling the whole story, he couldn't help but feel angry. At this time, the voices of his brother and His Highness came from behind him, and the young prince told the guard to be silent. After his elder brother sent His Highness away, he turned back and asked the young prince, "What's the matter?"
The young prince ordered the guards to speak again.
The Crown Prince frowned displeased and reproached: "What did you do? If the matter becomes a big deal and damages the reputation, and it reaches the ears of the Crown Prince, with his temperament, he will definitely be furious, and we will be the losers." Mi, if my father finds out, I'm afraid he will blame us for not doing things well."
The young prince has been afraid of this elder brother since he was a child, because he always has a calmness and judgment that is different from his peers, and he is also extremely strict in his management, including himself. If he is not careful, he will scold him, and even get beaten.
Carefully said: "What should we do?"
The eldest prince said calmly: "Since Xianyuanshan has the evidence, then kill him. You go and notify Zhu Yushu and ask him to cooperate with him to prove his guilt and help Xianyuanshan punish Gu Hao."
The young prince hurriedly said: "Yes!"
"Wait a minute." The eldest prince suddenly said.
"Eldest brother, do you have any other instructions?" asked the young prince.
"Take Cheng Qiu with you, just in case something unexpected happens."
Although the younger prince felt that his elder brother was too cautious and it was a bit exaggerated for a villager to need a martial arts master to control the battle, he still nodded in agreement.
Here in Lizi Village, people from the Confucian sect will be arriving today. Because he sent someone to book the farmhouse in advance, Zhu Yushu packed it up early and made preparations to welcome him. This was what he did when he took over the position of village chief from his father. The first important thing is to be careful. He said to the shopkeeper from the village next to him: "Today is a distinguished guest, so we are all very happy to entertain it. It's done well. We have a big customer source from now on. This year, each house will make 10% more profit. But If anyone is offended, watch your skin carefully!"
At this time, the gatekeeper hurriedly came to report: "Village chief, no good, Maohuali Village has come to cause trouble!"
"Where are you going? Didn't you disturb the distinguished buyers?" Zhu Yushu asked, puzzled as to what the fuss was about today, as he usually talked about the distant mountains with hypocritical words.
The gatekeeper said: "I didn't go to the farmhouse. I went to Gu's house via the school."
"Gu family?" Zhu Yushu didn't understand, but still said: "Call the Master to go and have a look."
A group of people from Xianyuan Mountain blocked the entrance of the Gu family and shouted "Kill to pay for life".
Gu Hao opened the door, his sleeves rolled up, his hands covered with gray ink, and asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"
Xian Yuanshan immediately said: "You don't have to pretend. Yesterday you killed my village matchmaker, and today I'm here to ask you to pay for it with your life!"
"Yes, you must kill for life. I was almost deceived by your usual hypocrisy. I didn't expect you to be such a cruel and vicious person."
Everyone denounced.
Gu Hao was silent, and the matchmaker was dead. He had noticed that the matchmaker was weak and seriously ill before, but she could always get through the difficulties. He thought it was Mr. Zhang who took action, but now he is dead. Could it be that Mr. Zhang doesn't want to help anymore? ?
But at the moment, he had to deal with the matter at hand, and he would definitely find out about it in the future.
Gu Hao said: "You said I killed the matchmaker, do you have any evidence?"
It’s your words that show my heart to the distant mountains.
He said loudly: "Someone has seen it with his own eyes!" After waving, Xianlin led Gu Hao's two neighboring women to the venue.
It happened that Zhu Yushu arrived here with a group of people at this time, but he came with the young prince.
Zhu Yushu looked at the old man Xian and said, "You slandered me, the people of Lizi Village, with your empty teeth. If there is no evidence, don't blame me for throwing you down the mountain."
Xian Yuanshan said: "I never believe what I say."
The woman next door to Gu Hao said: "I saw the matchmaker entering Gu's house at night yesterday. After a while, there was a noise and things were broken."
Gu Hao said calmly: "This can only mean that I quarreled with her."
The wife on the right said: "I came back yesterday and saw the Gu family's door open, so I took a look. Unexpectedly, I saw Gu Hao and the matchmaker drinking a glass of wine. The matchmaker vomited blood and fell down."
Gu Hao said: "Nonsense."
Zhu Yushu scolded the woman and said, "Why didn't you come and tell me when you saw it?"
The woman next door to her right said, "As a woman, I was so scared that I went back to the house and hid."
Xian Yuanshan shouted: "Gu Hao, what else do you have to say?"
Gu Hao said without changing his expression: "I can also say that I saw you kill the matchmaker, which is completely baseless."
"Okay! I'll give you the evidence!" Xian Yuanshan said.
At this time, Chi Nuan ran over the crowd, looked at the people surrounding his house, then looked at Gu Hao and asked, "What's going on?"
Gu Hao said: "Nothing, you go in first."
"Nothing? Brother Gu really said it lightly."
Xian Li entered the venue with an old man in white and said with a smile.
Then he turned to everyone and said at the top of his lungs: "You all know this person, right?" He pointed to the old man in white beside him and continued: "Old man Yang's medical practice in Zuzhou can be regarded as playing a trumpet by the window. He has a good reputation, but has he ever Have you told a lie? Ask him to tell you this evidence, I think it will be much better than mine."
The old man in white has lived in Zuzhou for generations, inheriting his father's business from son to son. If there is a minor illness in the villages of Zuzhou, he will go to his own village for treatment. But if he encounters a difficult disease, he has to go to Old Man Yang, so Old Man Yang In Zuzhou, he was a serious doctor and he would never tell lies.
Old Man Yang raised the porcelain bottle in his hand and said, "I have performed an autopsy on Mrs. Qin, and it is true that she died of poisonous poison."
Everyone was convinced.
Xian Li said: "There is poison in the wine. If you poison the matchmaker, what else can you say?"
"You're talking nonsense! How could my father poison Aunt Hong!" the scolding slave An Lihua said.
Hearing that Aunt Hong had died, Chi Nuan was extremely sad, but in the second half of Xian Li's sentence, he actually said that his father was the murderer. How could this be possible? But my father did seem to have had a quarrel with Aunt Hong last night, but it was impossible for my father to kill someone, absolutely impossible!
Seeing Chi Nuan behaving like this, many people in Lizi Village couldn't help but express unbearable expressions because they had never been bewitched by Xian Yuanshan. They said, "I don't think there is anything wrong with the character of Brother Gu and An An. There must be a misunderstanding here!"
"Yes, there is a misunderstanding, we need to find out carefully!"
The younger prince frowned. The elder brother said that he wanted to take over immediately. This investigation would inevitably lead to accidents.
Xian Yuanshan saw the crown prince frowning and hurriedly urged Xian Li.
The latter understood and said coldly: "I still have evidence!"
