Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 480 Witness
There was a sense of uneasiness in Li Xin's heart.

She couldn't tell where this uneasiness came from. Ever since she got in the carriage, the sound of the horse's hooves, mixed with the bumping of the carriage, reached her ears, and she felt a sense of anxiety in her heart.

Guan Wen and Wei Xingzhi were sitting outside, and there were only her, A-Mei, and Aunt Wei in the carriage. A-Mei was talking to Aunt Wei in a low voice to distract Aunt Wei from the jolt of the carriage.

Li Xin couldn't help but lifted the car curtain and looked behind.

As the wine alley got farther and farther away, the smell of wine became weaker and weaker.

But the appearance of Second Sister Qiao, whom she had just seen, flashed in front of her eyes.

When I saw her last time, I didn't think she was too thin. Although she was not very beautiful, she was healthy after all, with her eyebrows raised, and she had an indescribable charm.

And the second sister Qiao who I just met...

Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were messy, and her eyes, which were originally shining with style, were also opened blankly, with a sense of despair like resignation to fate.

And the man who appeared after that pulled her and yelled at her to get her a drink...

Li Xin put down the car curtain and sighed silently.

The world is impermanent.

These four words sound simple, but under careful scrutiny, they really feel very embarrassing.

When we arrived at the bottom of the slope, it was time for dinner.

Guan Wu and Xing'er warmly greeted Aunt Wei and Wei Xingzhi to sit in the main room, and Feng Defa was also there. Knowing that this was the family with whom Amei was engaged, seeing Wei Xingzhi's character and appearance, he felt that it was a must. What a blessing, thinking that this is his future brother-in-law, he chatted generously with Wei Xingzhi and made a warm relationship in advance.

Xu Shi had never gotten along with so many people since he was a child, and Wei Xingzhi still had a bit of difficulty dealing with them.

In the evening, Wei Xingzhi slept in Axiu's room that was originally reserved for Wei Xingzhi, while Aunt Wei slept in the same room with Amei.

Aunt Wei said that the air in this rural area is good, and she can no longer smell the wine, and she feels much easier to breathe.

It was already dawn the next day, and Wei Xingzhi vaguely heard Yang'er and Xiaokang chattering.

They were reading the "Three Character Classics", and they were reading the sentence "Xi Meng's mother chose a neighbor, and the son did not learn to judge the stick". Wei Xingzhi came out and saw two little people sitting on a small bench with their hands behind their backs. Carried on the back, the little head is shaking seriously, very cute.

The childish voice is very crisp.

Taking a closer look, the person standing next to the door is clearly the sister-in-law of the Guan family, and the person next to her who is also listening and remembering with a serious face is his fiancée, Amei Guan.

Wei Xingzhi couldn't help but startled.

Xing'er supported her waist and held a dustpan in one hand. Seeing Wei Xingzhi standing stupidly, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Wei, are you awake?"

"Ah...Second Sister-in-law Guan." Wei Xingzhi hastily stretched out his hands to bow.

"You're welcome, Brother Wei." Myolie smiled at him, and said, "Ms. Wei said that you have been very tired these days, and asked you to rest more this morning, so everyone didn't see you when they got up."

Wei Xingzhi said in a hurry that nothing would happen.

"You wash up first, the back room is the bathroom." Xing'er said, "Ma'am is walking in the bamboo forest right now, by the way, help us go to the chicken shed to feed the chickens."

Wei Xingzhi nodded hurriedly, and Xing'er went to work on her own.

Life in the Guan family was very regular. Even though Wei Xingzhi didn't really want to come, he had to say that he lived happily after he came.He only needs to review his books every day, and the wife of the Guan family will cook a lot of delicious dishes for him, and even provide him with other so-called "brain-enhancing" drinks, supplements, and even nuts such as walnuts.

He said he was ashamed to eat and live for free, and the sister-in-law of the Guan family smiled and asked him to spend half an hour every day teaching the two little children to write and write——Wei Xingzhi's calligraphy is the best, and Yang'er and Xiaokang are after all. They are at the entry level, and there is naturally no obstacle for Wei Xingzhi to write them in a standardized manner.

Everyone gets along very well, especially Feng Defa, who seems to have a common language with Wei Xingzhi, and often talks with Wei Xingzhi.He talked about how he and Axiu met, how they got married, how they got to know each other, and he also mentioned how much he misses her now that Axiu is not around.

Wei Xingzhi mostly listened to him - when it was his turn to speak, he couldn't say one, two, three.

He and his younger sister rarely interacted with each other.The only time the two met each other was when the Guan family visited Wei's last time.At that time, he felt that Amei would definitely be a virtuous and good wife in the future.

Four or five days passed in a flash.

After staying at Guan's house for four days, Wei Xingzhi had to go back to town, pack up his things, and then go to the state capital to participate in Qiu Wei.

Aunt Wei was very reluctant to part with him. Before Wei Xingzhi left, she told him over and over again that he must take care of himself, be careful on the road, and it is best to go with someone who can find a companion.

Wei Xingzhi kept nodding his head in agreement, just to ease Mrs. Wei's heart.

Aunt Wei had her only son who lived until she was in her forties. Naturally, she was very worried about his first long journey, and she repeated the same meaning of what she said many times.If it wasn't too late, Mrs. Wei would probably drag Wei Xingzhi to continue to instruct her.

The child travels thousands of miles and the mother is worried.

Li Xin supported Aunt Wei and watched the carriage carrying Guan Wen and Wei Xingzhi leave, and comforted Aunt Wei softly, "Don't worry too much, Aunt Wei, let's wait for the good news from Brother Wei."

Aunt Wei sighed, "It's the first time he's gone so far..."

"He's a man, and when he grows up, he always wants to go out and make a living." Li Xin helped Aunt Wei to go back: "Besides, he is a student who is taking an exam. Today's world has always respected scholars, and most of the people who are favored and trusted by the court are A good humerus minister of literati background. Instead of worrying about him, Madam might as well look forward to the day when he returns from the imperial examination."

Aunt Wei laughed, and said: "I also hope that he can win the exam and honor his ancestors, but the more important thing is that he can be safe."

Sitting on the reclining chair at the old moment, seeing Aunt Wei and the others coming up, he smiled and asked, "Back, back?"

"Grandpa is back." Li Xin said with a smile, "I just sent Brother Wei away."

A-mei helped Lao Guan rub her legs, but she didn't see Wei Xingzhi off when she left, because she was afraid that she would also be reluctant to shed tears like Aunt Wei, and that would be a joke.

A-mei stood up, called aunt in a low voice, then sat down and beat Lao Guantou's legs with her head buried in her head.

Aunt Wei smiled and said, "My dear father, take a good rest."

Nodding at the old juncture, he said cheerfully, "Wait, come back...get married..."

Aunt Wei immediately nodded and said: "Yes, yes, when Xingzhi comes back, let him marry Amei!"

A-mei's face turned red immediately, and she lowered her head even lower.At the old juncture, he immediately burst out laughing, looking very satisfied.

Guan Wen didn't come back until noon the next day, but his expression was not very good. He also said that Wei Xingzhi took a carriage and went to the state capital, but there was indeed a companion who said he was a classmate.Although they don't communicate much with each other, at least they belong to a gentleman, so naturally they go together so that they can take care of each other.

The stone in Aunt Wei's heart fell to the ground, and after Guan Wen gave Aunt Wei the key to the lock of the Wei family's gate, Amei took her to the edge of the field for a walk and talked.

Guan Wen took Li Xin into the house.

His behavior like this is usually when he has something private to tell Li Xin. Li Xin had already noticed that his expression was not normal, so he hurriedly followed him back to the room, plugged in the Door.

"What's the matter?" Li Xin frowned and asked, "As soon as you came back, I felt that your expression was wrong."

Guan Wen took a breath: "Brother Wei and I were resting at Wei's house last night. I heard someone screaming in the middle of the night, but I was in a hazy sleep at that time, so I didn't pay attention to it. Afterwards, I didn't hear anything, so I I thought..." Guan Wen paused: "You also know that some couples don't know how to restrain themselves when doing that..."

Li Xin immediately reached out and hit him, his face turned a little red: "Who told you to say this, talk about business!"

Guan Wen laughed, and became serious again: "In the morning, I sent Brother Wei to take the car to Zhenkou. I happened to meet his classmate, and the two of them went to the state capital together. Wei Shusheng also said that he found that he had brought more books. , Those are useless, so let me help him take them home, and give me the key, let me come back to Aunt Wei, for fear that Aunt Wei will not be able to enter the house if she wants something."

"and then?"

"Then..." Guan Wen's face turned serious, "Then I went back to Wei's house, and only then did I know that something happened next door to them last night."

"What's the matter?" Li Xin suddenly became nervous—she felt a little uneasy at the beginning: "Is it that Second Sister Qiao..."

Guan Wen lowered his voice: "The women in that family are fine, but three people died in that family."

"What!" Li Xin shook his head immediately and said, "That family is just their husband and wife..."

Li Xin paused suddenly: "No, when we were leaving that day, that man stopped Second Sister Qiao and asked her to drink wine for his brothers... Could it be that his brothers died?"

"almost……"

Guan Wen's face was very solemn, "When I went, it happened that Lu Butou was leading people in and out there. I saw Lu Butou last time when I went to the county government with He Bo and Sun Hongyan to issue documents. In addition to the fact that you caught the trafficker by accident, he still remembered me. When he heard that I lived there yesterday, he asked me if I found anything unusual, and I had to listen to it in the middle of the night Tell me about the woman screaming."

"And then?" Li Xin asked eagerly, "What do you mean by 'almost'? Aren't all his brothers dead?"

"Xin'er." Guan Wen said in a low voice, "I haven't seen what's going on in the house next door, but I heard from Catcher Lu that the situation is very serious."

"serious?"

Guan Wen whispered in Li Xin's ear, "Catcher Lu's face is very serious. He said that there might be a group of thieves hiding here. It is very likely that they are people from there from the north."

Li Xin's eyes widened immediately: "How is this possible... I see Second Sister Qiao as a man, but I don't think he..."

"Among the dead, there is no man from Second Sister Qiao." Guan Wen said: "Catcher Lu said that Second Sister Qiao testified that the murderer was her man, and her man ran away last night. She only felt something was wrong this morning. , she doesn't know anything."

Li Xin's eyes widened immediately: "But didn't you say that you heard a woman screaming last night?"

"Yes." Guan Wen's face became serious: "Catcher Lu said, what I said may turn Second Sister Qiao from a witness to an accomplice."

(End of this chapter)