Chen Laoshuan said, "It's true that my daughter-in-law went to ask you, but she also gave you five taels of silver. Since you accepted the money from Han, why can't you accept the money from Jiang?"
"You..." Aunt Wu was speechless for a moment.
Jiang Sanlang said, "Chen Laoshuan, don't talk nonsense. My daughter is definitely not your Chen family's child. Don't have such wishful thinking."
Chen Laoshuan: "Sir, this child is obviously from my Chen family. If you don't believe me, take a look at her appearance. Doesn't she look very similar to my son?"
"I'm not your child. Your son is so ugly, how does he look like me?" Yingbao couldn't help but complain.
Chen Laoshuan and Chen Changping looked at Yingbao, their teeth itching with anger, but they could only pretend to be kind, "Child, you are really my Chen family's child, our whole family is looking forward to you returning to our roots."
Yingbao was disgusted by his hypocritical behavior and hid behind her father, not wanting to watch anymore.
At this time, the middle-aged man sitting next to them spoke up, "Mr. Wu Ming, since they can't agree on it, why not use blood test to identify the relatives?"
Chen Laoshuan nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, "Yes, yes, yes, please let the great master witness our blood test to confirm our relationship. We will know at a glance whether it is the child of the Chen family."
Wu Shi's face darkened slightly, and he turned to ask Jiang Sanlang: "Do you agree to the Chen family's blood test to identify relatives?"
Jiang Sanlang clasped his fists and said, "I disagree. Sir, although Yingbao is not my biological child, she is just like my biological child. If every person with bad intentions wants to use blood to recognize my Yingbao, Yingbao will not be able to take care of everyone even if she bleeds dry."
"That makes sense." Wu Shi nodded.
The middle-aged man said, "Mingshou, it's just a drop of blood. How can it be drained dry? If this child is indeed related to the Chen family, it is a good thing. After all, the Jiang family is not her blood parents, and they cannot make decisions for the little girl."
Wu Shi smiled coldly, "Mr. Liu is wrong. The Jiang family raised her and raised her. How can they not be her master?"
Mr. Liu stroked his beard and said, "I heard that the country people say that this child is the reincarnation of a fairy. Although it is not credible, it is coveted by some people. The Jiang family raised her and must have gained a lot of benefits from it. In this case, they raised her just for a purpose, which is not a great cause."
With just one sentence, he trampled the Jiang family into dust, causing Ying Bao to jump up in anger:
"My parents raised me because they valued friendship and loyalty. They treated me well because they loved me and treated me like their own daughter. How could you, at your age, confuse right and wrong?"
"The Chen family only wanted to exonerate Han by claiming kinship with her. Do they really think I'm a fool? They hired someone to drug me and took me to a place a hundred miles away. Han wanted to use me to give her a son and then kill me. She told me this herself. You actually want to exonerate such a vicious woman
I just want to ask, which family in the city are you a retainer of? Why did you come all the way to our small mountain village? What good will it do you to tie me to the Chen family? "
Faced with the repeated questioning from the little girl, the middle-aged man surnamed Liu's face turned pale and blue.
If the other person was an adult, Liu Lin could still scold her for being arrogant and call her ignorant.
But the other party was just a little kid of four or five years old. No matter how he scolded her or cursed at her, he looked like a fool.
"You... who taught you to talk like that?" Liu Lin took a long time to utter this sentence.
Yingbao: "No one taught me, but anyone with a brain knows that I am not a child of the Chen family, including that Han. The reason she kidnapped me was because she found out that I was not her biological child, so she wanted to take me somewhere else and hide me. If I was her biological child, Han would not have to do this."
Liu Lin's beard stood up in anger. He pointed at Ying Bao and shouted, "Why did Han tie you up? What did she want?"
Yingbao smiled: "Didn't you just say that there are rumors in the countryside that I am the reincarnation of a fairy boy, and that Han couldn't give birth to a son, so she had evil thoughts and kidnapped me to be her fertility boy. If you don't believe me, you can ask the villagers if this is true."
The villagers who were listening outside echoed loudly: "That's it! That Han family has ulterior motives. This is not the first time they have harassed our little fairy boy. We can all testify that Yingbao is not a child of the Chen family at all."
"Yes, yes! We in Xicun can also testify that Han often beats and scolds her daughter. She kidnapped Jiang Sanlang's daughter just to give birth to a son."
The people of Xicun have had enough of Chen Laoshuan's family and wish the great official would arrest his entire family. That way, Jiang Sanlang would stop venting his anger on Xicun and the little fairy boy would be able to bless the people of Xicun.
"Han is the kidnapper!"
"Yes! Han is a kidnapper! We don't want people like this coming back to our village!"
For a time, the crowd was indignant, and some people began to scold Chen Laoshuan and Chen Changping: "Your wife is a kidnapper, and you have the nerve to snatch our little fairy boy to help her get rid of the crime! What the hell do you want!"
"Chen Changping, you are also a scholar, why are you so shameless?"
Seeing that the time was almost right, Wu Shi coughed lightly to hide the smile in his eyes, "Silence! Silence! Everyone, stop arguing."
Turning to look at the Chen family father and son: "What do you say?"
Chen Changping's face turned pale and he couldn't answer at all.
Chen Laoshuan knelt on the ground and cried loudly, "Sir, this child is indeed from my Chen family. I want to prove my blood relationship with her. If she is not my relative, I am willing to accept any punishment. Sir, please make the decision."
Wu Shi's face darkened.
This old guy is really troublesome.
Liu Lin chimed in: "Mingfu, if this is the case, why don't you agree to the blood test? Do you want to favor one over the other?"
Wu Shi's eyes were slightly cold, and before he could say anything, he saw Ying Bao walking forward.
"Sir, since the Chen family wants to use blood to identify relatives, then let's do it. But I want to know how to do it, and how to know if it is a blood relationship after the blood is dropped?"
Liu Lin was delighted when he heard this, and quickly said, "Dropping blood means that both of you take a drop of blood and put it into the water. If the two drops of blood mix, then you are blood relatives. If they don't mix, then you are not related by blood."
"Okay, I agree to drip blood, but in order to prevent you from cheating, I require three bowls of water." Ying Bao said.
Jiang Sanlang looked worried, and he pulled his daughter aside and asked in a low voice, "Bao'er, why did you agree to this?"
Yingbao whispered, "Don't worry, Daddy, everything will be fine."
If he didn't agree, Uncle Wu would be blamed. She hadn't cured his illness yet, and the gourd hadn't been given away, so Wu Daozi couldn't afford to get into trouble at this time.
The middle-aged man with the surname Liu sitting in the hall must be the aide of the prefect of the city. His appearance here represents the intention of Prefect Wang, so Yingbao must not let Uncle Wu confront him head-on.
The village guard brought three bowls and placed them in a row on the table.
A servant came out from behind Liu Lin, took out a gourd from his waist, and poured some water into each bowl.
Then, the servant took out a needle, pricked Chen Changping's middle finger, and asked him to drop a drop of blood into each bowl.
"Wait, don't let blood drip into this bowl." Yingbao covered the last bowl to prevent Chen Changping from dripping blood into it.
Chen Changping didn't care and just dripped blood into the other two bowls.
"It's your turn." The servant looked at Yingbao.