Seeing a man and a woman tied up in front of the hall, the condolence guests gathered around curiously, whispering to each other, and discussing a lot. At this time, Mrs. Yang and her brother came from the backyard.
Ye Xiaotian was sizing up Yang Lin's beautiful daughter mischievously, and noticed something strange, then turned his head, and saw an old woman in sackcloth and filial piety talking with a white-haired old man leaning on a cane and closing his ears, The people present were obviously centered on the two of them.
The old man looked to be in his seventies or eighties, with wrinkled face, gray hair, and a golden cane in his hand. He was the old patriarch of the Yang family in Jingzhou. Mrs. Yang whispered a few words to him loudly. , then turned to everyone, and said loudly: "Dear relatives and friends, I have something to say."
Mrs. Yang glanced coldly at Ye Xiaotian and the pale and angry woman, and said to all the guests: "The poor husband has passed away, I would like to trouble all the guests and friends to come to offer condolences, I am very grateful. During this period, this lowly maid..."
Mrs. Yang stretched out her hand and pointed at the beautiful and graceful woman, she said through gritted teeth, "This lowly servant girl is actually treasonous, fornicating, and doing such filthy things during the period of her filial piety for her humble husband!"
As soon as he said a word, it was like a thunderclap on the ground, and all the guests in the hall were in an uproar. They looked at the woman one after another, with extreme contempt on their faces.
The beautiful woman widened her beautiful eyes in astonishment, as if she didn't expect Madam Yang to arrange such an unbearable crime for her. Looking at Mrs. Yang in astonishment, she suddenly burst into tears, choked up and said angrily: "I didn't, I didn't! You wronged me!"
Mrs. Yang sneered again and again, she didn't take her words at all, she just said to the old patriarch Yang: "This matter has been witnessed by the stewards and servants of the family, and the adulterer and adulterer were caught on the spot. , Disgraced the family
Old patriarch, this concubine has captured the adulterer and adulterer now, this is my Yang family's business, and even more so, my Yang family's business, the clumsy husband is no longer here, and the concubine is a woman, how to deal with it depends on Please show me the patriarch. "
The old patriarch closed his ears, and said in a loud voice: "Ah? What are you talking about, from the sixth family? What's wrong with your door? Please speak louder, I can't hear you clearly."
Ye Xiaotian never expected that Mrs. Yang would convict him without even asking. In an instant, he understood Madam Yang's poisonous plan. He did not expect that this Madam Yang was not only greedy for money, but also so narrow-minded. For giving birth to a daughter for her husband, he was so jealous that he wanted to put the concubine's daughter to death before giving up.
The old patriarch of the Yang family, who was deaf, was still asking loudly: "What did she say? Why did you tie her up? She broke the door of your house?"
Ye Xiaotian yelled directly on his neck: "Mrs. Yang! This is complete nonsense, you don't want to talk nonsense, I, Ye Xiaotian, and this little lady have never met each other, and we don't know each other at all. Where did the adultery come from?"
In fact, Mrs. Yang didn't quite believe that the boy with a foreign accent was an adulterer, but she wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of her thorn in her side, so she didn't ask him, but sneered, "If you say no, you don't? Sanshou, tell everyone, Where did you catch him?"
Yang Sanshou immediately took two steps forward and said to everyone: "Masters, the younger one is Yang Sanshou, the steward of the Yang residence. It happened that the younger ones were going to deliver monthly silver coins, but Qiaoer found out, so he caught them and handed them over to Madam."
Ye Xiaotian said loudly: "That's right, I was indeed in this little lady's room at that time... no, in the courtyard! However, I didn't have an affair with this little lady. When I went to that courtyard, I didn't inform her by name. Surname, I really have something important to tell her."
Mrs. Yang was slightly taken aback, although she was eager to put the woman to death, she still couldn't hide her curiosity, and couldn't help asking: "What's the big deal?"
Ye Xiaotian glanced at her, and said proudly: "The Yang family has guests from all over the world today. I don't know if there are any figures in the officialdom? I must tell the important matter of me in front of the officials, otherwise I am afraid that someone will not be able to judge it impartially." Woolen cloth."
Mrs. Yang said angrily: "If you are upright, why not tell others?"
Ye Xiaotian sneered and said: "Of course I am upright, but I have heard about your Madam Yang for a long time. If you don't go through the official family, who knows if you will cover the sky with one hand."
Ye Xiaotian's words naturally aroused the curiosity of all the guests. There were whispers in the hall, and the old man in the shirt who had been standing casually since he arrived in the hall suddenly smiled slightly, took two steps forward, and said slowly: : "My official is Hu Kuo, the county magistrate of Jingzhou. If you have anything to say, please tell me!"
Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, looked him up and down, and said hesitantly: "Are you really the magistrate of the local county?"
Hu Kuo's face darkened slightly, and he suddenly became displeased: "Bastard! Under the blue sky and broad daylight, under the watchful eyes of everyone, could it be that this man in the government is just pretending casually? Or is it because you have nothing to say, so you are messing around and trying to delay time. Hmm ?”
Mrs. Yang sneered and said: "What can he have to say? He is clearly a pair of adulterers and adulterers. Their adultery has been revealed, and they are delusional and sophistry. Listen to what he said, old patriarch, in terms of my concubine's status, why don't you just leave him alone?" This pair of dogs and men are just dipping into a pig cage."
The old patriarch of the Yang family closed his ears and said loudly with a smile: "Piglets? Yes, yes, that old sow in my family just gave birth to a litter of piglets yesterday. Fifteen piglets are here. They are all alive, hehe, have you heard that too?"
The old man's ears are not good, because he is too old, and his mind is a little confused, otherwise he should know that something is wrong just by looking at the situation. In the end, what he was confused about was just interrupting, and others knew that he was always confused, so they ignored what he said.
Hu Kuo said to Ye Xiaotian indifferently: "If you have nothing to say, then you don't need to say it. I don't bother to take care of such scandalous matters, so let the old patriarch of the Yang family handle it."
The good-natured person next to him said loudly: "Young man, the old parents in front of you are really the old parents of this county. If you have anything to say, please speak quickly, and don't make mistakes."
Seeing this situation, Ye Xiaotian had no choice but to shout: "Master, go slowly! There is a letter in this villain's boot, which is written by Mr. Yang himself in this house. As long as you take it out and read it, sir, everything will naturally come to light. "
Brother-in-law's suicide note? Hu Zhixian was shocked when he heard this, turned around suddenly, glanced at Ye Xiaotian, and then glanced at Yang Sanshou lightly, as he naturally didn't have the reason to bend over to touch other people's boots, Yang Sanshou understood, and hurriedly Going forward, bent down and took off Ye Xiaotian's rotten boots, pinched his nose and took out a letter from the bottom of the boots.
Ye Xiaotian glanced at Mrs. Yang with a sneer, he could already imagine how wonderful this Mrs. Yang would be after reading the suicide note from the magistrate Hu.
Hu Zhixian frowned as he looked at the sweat-stained and smelly letter, and commanded Yang Sanshou with disgust, "Open it!"
Yang Sanshou held his breath, unfolded the letter, and held it in front of Hu Zhixian. Hu Zhixian took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, shook it in the wind, and covered his mouth and nose.
When Mrs. Yang heard that this was her husband's suicide note, she couldn't help being very moved. She couldn't help walking forward and said to Hu Zhixian, "Brother, what did you say in the letter?"
When Ye Xiaotian heard Mrs. Yang address Huzhi County, a chill suddenly rushed from the Yongquan point on the soles of the feet to the Baihui point on the top of the head. His whole body was chilly, and the tips of his hair stood up: "Brother? This Jingzhou The magistrate turned out to be Madam Yang's elder brother!"
Ye Xiaotian never imagined that his greatest security now is actually Mrs. Yang's elder brother, that's too bad! Ye Xiaotian's heart was like a stone fire, and he hurriedly calculated: "This Mrs. Yang hates that concubine for giving birth to a daughter to the bone, and she will not give her the family property. If she is determined to punish me, how can her own brother not help her? These Jingzhou gentry And who would offend the local officials because of me, a foreigner
If Mrs. Yang is forced by public opinion and doesn't want to tear her face in public, she will hate me to the bone even if she agrees to give the family property to this little lady. It's not easy. this… "
Ye Xiaotian was startled and frightened, his eyes frantically looked around, and suddenly fixed on the face of a pretty woman with a face full of grief and indignation...
Hu Zhixian took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and shook it open, and covered his nostrils with two fingers, he was reading the letter Yang Sanshou was holding up. Seeing that woman, Ye Xiaotian suddenly became impatient, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "My lord, this letter says..."
When Ye Xiaotian took out the letter just now, he hadn't solved the mystery yet, so he wanted to wait for the county magistrate to read the letter, and there would be a big reversal, which would have a dramatic effect. He often watched plays in Beijing, and he was a small theater fan. This can be regarded as one of his bad tastes.
Now seeing that the county magistrate is actually Mrs. Yang's elder brother, he dare not put on airs anymore. However, the truth still cannot be told, it would be risking his life, so in an instant, Ye Xiaotian came up with a big lie.
There has never been a person who has never told a lie in his life. Ye Xiaotian naturally told many lies, he told his superiors, his colleagues, his parents and brothers, and the prisoners, there were white lies and malicious lies.
But none of the lies he has told before will be as important as the lie he tells today, because it is a life-saving lie, and none of the lies he has told before has ever been so perfect, so reasonable, so shameless, or even in this way affected his life.