Zhang Shou personally came to see him off when he came, and of course Zhang Shou personally came to pick him up when he left. He did not mobilize a large army, only a dozen guards and two carriages. After all, the New Year was approaching, and there were endless carriages on the official road. In addition to officials sent by local governments to report to the capital, there were also local wanderers and merchants rushing back to the capital to celebrate the New Year. He did not want to be too conspicuous.
However, this time there was no King of Jiangdu and no Crown Prince, so he did not need to hide his tracks. When the carriage stopped, it was at the door of the big house of the village chief of Baijia Village. As soon as the carriage stopped, he heard a messy noise coming from inside. If it was just for Zhang Chen and the Fourth Prince to practice, it was obviously too noisy.
After opening the car door, lifting the curtain and helping Zhang Shou get out, Ah Liu went in without saying anything. A moment later, the young man came out with a subtle expression, coughed, and whispered, "Zhang Chen was helping Miss Ye to curse, and he made the shrew throw a tantrum on the ground... I didn't expect him to be so righteous."
Zhang Shou was stunned. You know, Zhu Ying had tried to match Zhang Chen and Ye Shi, but it obviously didn't work. However, Zhang Chen didn't have any big complaints or regrets afterwards, and Ye Shi seemed to be doing fine.
The reason he had thought of asking Ye to be the judge was not to force a matchmaking, but because he thought that she had once made it all the way to the re-election when the prince's wife was selected. Since she seemed reluctant to get married, it would be a good idea to let the third prince, the crown prince, have an idea of such a person. Then Miss Ye would not have to worry about gossip and family pressure.
Even when he came last time, when Ah Liu brought the Third Prince with him, and during the two visits in between, he had not discovered any interaction between Zhang Chen and Ye. Moreover, Ah Liu had carefully questioned the village chief. How could that sophisticated but timid village chief have the guts to hide such a matter between a man and a woman from Ah Liu
So, was it really that Zhang Chen's chivalrous temper suddenly flared up? But in a place like Baijia Village, who would dare to provoke Ye, a powerful woman who dared to cut off someone's ear and take him to the government
With the intention of watching the fun, Zhang Shou immediately asked Ah Liu to lead the way, and followed him in with a smile. Sure enough, he soon heard a crying voice: "God, please open your eyes, there are evil people bullying me, a chaste widow, relying on their family's wealth and power to snatch my daughter to be a maid, this is simply unjust!"
Faced with such noisy shouting, Zhang Shou couldn't help but have the urge to cover his ears. When he looked at other people, he only saw that the village chief had a look of exasperation on his face, but he didn't come forward to stop them. Other villagers were pointing and talking. Although he didn't see the cause and effect, he roughly understood what had happened just from the crying of the woman who claimed to be a widow.
Sure enough, the next moment, he heard a girl's calm voice: "Didn't you say I was a burden before? When did you ever treat me as your daughter?"
Widow Gu, who had lost her husband but was a bully in the village because of her fierce and aggressive temper, was suddenly retorted by her stepdaughter. At first, she seemed to be choked and stunned, but then her crying voice suddenly rose by more than an octave.