Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 187 Inquiring Jade Pendant

"If I had known this before, I shouldn't have declined that Xue Erlang back then, I have pity on my son...cough cough..."

A violent cough interrupted Tao Ruohui's words, he took a cloth towel and covered his mouth, his eyes were full of sadness.

If it wasn't for his arrogance and unwillingness to be attached to others, how could he have lived in the capital and caused his daughter to be insulted by words and deeds?If he had let go at that time, he and his daughter must have settled down in Xue's Mansion in Dadu at this moment, living a comfortable life without worrying about food and clothing every day.

That is the Linqiu Xue clan, the top crown family in Chen country, if Tao Ruohui is the master of Xue family, that villain Hu Silang will have a hundred guts, and he will never dare to bully him.

The more Tao Ruohui thought about it, the more he hated him, deeply regretted that he had insisted on going his own way at the beginning, and for a while, he became angry and coughed more and more. The hand holding the water cup kept shaking, and he couldn't drink it for a long time.

Tao Wenjuan hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him, stabilized the water cup, served him to drink water, and comforted him softly: "Father is always free and easy, why do you say such self-pitying words? My daughter doesn't feel bitter. Mother If heaven knows, seeing her father so sad will make her feel uncomfortable."

Speaking of her mother, her eye circles were finally red, but she still held back her grief, and turned to look at the medicine by the small clay stove beside her.

Her mother died of illness two years ago, and only her and her father were left to depend on each other. The family suffered a natural disaster recently, and life was difficult, so her father took her to Beijing to find relatives. Unexpectedly, the clan uncle moved to Qingzhou. My father suddenly became seriously ill again, so I had to rent a courtyard here to live here. This time, I lived there for three months.

Their disk fee is not much, and now it is even more stretched.Today she went to the pawnshop and pawned the jade pendant left by her mother, finally she had some silver in her hand.

"Now the weather is getting warmer day by day. The doctor said that as long as the weather is warmer, father's illness will be cured. You can take care of it with peace of mind and don't worry about getting angry." Tao Wenjuan whispered, revealing the truth. He lifted the lid of the earthen pot to look at the medicine, and smiled again: "Fortunately, I came back early. The medicine is not ready yet, and I'm worried that it will be boiled."

She turned her head to look at Tao Ruohui, her youthful and beautiful face had watery eyes and a smile on her lips, she was more and more beautiful, she looked like a Han girl, and people would believe that she was a scholar.

Tao Ruohui looked at her beloved daughter, working day and night for the past few months, her daughter's hands were no longer as white and tender as before, and the marks of frostbite left on her knuckles seemed to be intact.

He felt distressed, but he also knew that with his current body, even if he wanted to copy books for others, it would be difficult, as long as he recovered from his illness.

After a while, the medicine was ready, and Tao Ruohui fell asleep after drinking the medicine.

The medicine has soothing ingredients, and it usually makes him sleep peacefully for an hour or two.

Seeing that he was finally sleeping peacefully, Tao Wenjuan breathed a sigh of relief, and simply used some dry food. She was about to embroider the scarf that she hadn't finished embroidering yesterday, in exchange for some means of living, when she suddenly heard that the gate of the courtyard was blocked by someone. "Bang bang" sounded loudly, mixed with a man's voice: "Open the door quickly! Open the door quickly! We are here to get the stolen goods!"

She was taken aback, put down her embroidery work and went to the door, looked through the crack of the door, but saw Hu Tian outside the door.

He led a few servants, followed by several old people in Lizheng and Fang, all standing at the door of their house.

Tao Wenjuan's heart sank.

After thinking for a while, she didn't open the door, but asked loudly: "May I ask what happened to Mr. Li Zheng and everyone? Why did you come to my house with Mr. Hu Lang? Could it be that there are really people in Shangjing City who want to rob us of the money?" Where is the king's law? Where is the law of heaven? Are you not afraid of God's punishment for bullying me like a weak girl?"

Although she is a woman, but her eloquence is extremely sharp, Na Zheng and the rest of them looked embarrassed and couldn't speak for a while.

On the other hand, Hu Tian triumphantly slapped the round fan in his hand, pretending to be polite and said: "Young lady, what you said is wrong. These people are here to testify. Someone saw you go to the pawnshop today and pawn my family's ancestral jade pendant. A tael of silver. Now I suspect you of stealing property, so I want to search your yard."

"Nonsense!" Tao Wenjuan was trembling with anger, and her beautiful eyes were bloodshot: "That jade pendant was left by my mother, why did your family pass it down? Mr. Hu Lang is a majestic seven-foot man, but he behaves like a man. Aren't you ashamed of being so despicable and shameless?"

Her voice was originally gentle, even when she was angry, it was gentle and touching to her ears.

Half of Hu Tian's body was already flaccid, and when he thought about the beautiful and fair face and slender figure of the person behind the door, his soul was about to fly away, and it took a long time to come back to his senses.

"Miss Tao, don't be angry." He shook his bones, which were so light, his small eyes were narrowed, and he said kindly: "I know that those of you who have studied are most concerned about reputation. , I don’t want to wrong you either. You open the door first and let my people search your yard, if it turns out that I made a mistake, I will treat that jade pendant as a gift to you.”

"Shut up!" Tao Wenjuan yelled angrily, but on the one hand, she was trying her best to suppress the anger in her heart, and her mind was spinning rapidly.

After all, my father and daughter are not locals, but this Hu Tian is the tyrant of Huiyinfang. Those neighbors may not really be willing to help their family, but if Hu Tian is allowed to enter the door, he will be framed for his despicableness. He can do everything, but he cannot enter this door!
Tao Wenjuan frowned tightly, suddenly blessed to the heart, a thought flew into the heart.

She calmed down her breath, slowed down her tone, and said through the door: "Hu Langjun, since you insist that the jade pendant is from your family, well, I will ask Li Zheng to be a witness here, please do it now." Write down the color, pattern, size and weight of the jade pendant, and give it to Lizheng, and I will hand it over as a pawn ticket, and please Lizheng to check to see if the two are the same, so that I can prove my innocence."

The more Tao Wenjuan talked, the more at ease she felt.

She was in a hurry just now, but she forgot about it.She has always treasured that jade pendant, and has never shown it to anyone. At this moment, she only needs to prove that the jade pendant belongs to her family, and Hu Tian's lie will be self-defeating.

Hearing this, Hu Tian didn't say anything, but Li Zheng nodded first and said: "That's a good idea." He then turned to Hu Tian and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Hu, you just said that Miss Tao stole , and dragged us here again, we must give a real proof, otherwise, we are not good at wronging people like this.”

To be honest, no one in the neighborhood knows how the Tao family father and daughter are.Although this family doesn't like to talk to others, they are educated people who are the most upright and polite. The girls in this family are more sensible and filial. .

Helplessly, Hu Tian's family is very rich, and they are supported by a noble family. Although they are the kind of small clan that can't lift chopsticks, they are far from being provoked by ordinary people like them. Hu Tian insisted on the girl from the Tao family Stealing, Li Zheng couldn't ignore it.

(End of this chapter)