The patriarch said to Aunt Li, "go and deal with the pork. It should be broken after a long time."

"All right, I'll get some help!" Aunt Li cheerfully called people to go.

"Dad?" Uncle Li looked at his father with disapproval. He thought some of his father's decisions were really bad.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law had left, the patriarch sighed, "what's the hurry? Your daughter-in-law is determined to take the 300 Jin pork. If you return it, she won't give you a good face for the rest of her life. Jing'er, take the silver first. When the wedding banquet is over, you can find a chance to return it to Changting secretly. "

Li Jingshen color a slow, nodded and said with a smile: "good."

Uncle Li also opened his eyebrows, but he said: "this pavilion is really not sensible. It's just a cousin's wedding. How can he give such a valuable gift?"

The patriarch shook his head and looked sad.

The next day, the Li family and Cao family set up a banquet in the village.

Xu Qing and Li Jinmei also went. Originally, for close relatives like Li Jinmei and Xu Qing, women should help in the kitchen, while men should help to greet guests.

However, the patriarch's family seemed to have forgotten their two families. They only came to inform them to go to the banquet on the day of drinking.

Xu Qing can guess that Aunt Li and Li Lian do not want them to come to help. Even intentionally or unintentionally, driven by Aunt Li and Li Lian, some women in the village are alienating Xu Qing and Li Jinmei.

But Xu Qing and Li Jinmei don't care. They know what kind of good people they can play with Li Lian.

Xu Qing looked at the dishes on the table. In addition to a bowl of pure meat, other vegetables were more or less mixed with sliced meat and foam. They were rich in oil and water, and looked very respectable.

There are about 60 households in Changxi village, less than 400 people, and there are a lot of 300 Jin pork in each person's mouth.

Before the banquet started, only two-thirds of the dishes were served. A group of children sat at the table, staring at the meat dishes and swallowing.

Li Tinghui and Xiao Meizi eat meat every day at home, so they are more stable than other children. They can't move their eyes without staring at the dishes on the table.

"When the patriarch and the master of ceremonies finish their toast, they can eat." Li Jinmei whispered.

"Oh." Xu Qing answered.

"Everyone be quiet."

They all looked at the patriarch's table, and saw the patriarch and uncle Cao get up and face everyone with a glass and a smile.

The patriarch nodded to the crowd and was about to say something, but he was disturbed by the sound of a rush of footsteps and looked out of the yard in surprise.

A group of captors with swords suddenly rush in. The captor Qin Zheng, holding an official document, reads aloud: "I am ordered to arrest the criminal Cao Ke and all the men in Cao's family!"

We are wondering who is Cao Ke, and we see that the captor has directly shackled uncle Cao!

Cao's face was muddled: "wait! What crime have I committed? Are you going to arrest me? "

The patriarch was also a little flustered: "Constable Qin, today is the engagement banquet for his little granddaughter. What crime has uncle Cao committed? Please make clear the crime."

Qin Zheng said: "clan leader Li, your in laws are a famous tomb robber. His pair of jade pendants were stolen from the tomb of the dead. We have received a report, and the evidence is conclusive!"

The patriarch was shocked, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

Qin Zheng then said: "in addition, he is not really Mr. Cao, but Mr. Cao Ke, the son of Mr. Cao! Uncle Cao died long ago and died quietly in his own home. Cao Ke took the opportunity to pretend to be his father, so as to hide from others. "

Qin Zheng's words shocked all the villagers, and his eyes almost fell out.

When we look at the Cao family, we can see that apart from the expression of fear and fear, each of them is also full of consternation. Did the Cao family know that for a long time?

Qin Zheng's work is neat, and all the men in Cao's family are taken away, including Cao min, one of the leading roles in today's wedding banquet.

Aunt Li was so angry that she almost fainted. She held her daughter and cried out.

Li Lian was still in a muddled state. She couldn't believe what had just happened.

A good engagement banquet ended in this way, who dares to stay for dinner? Villagers left one after another with their families. Those children who are greedy for the delicious food on the table want to make trouble, and they are also slapped by adults.

The patriarch sat on the stool and looked at the weeping Aunt Li and Li Lian. For a moment, they seemed to be ten years old.

At this time, the most anxious is the Cao family. There are some women and children left. They all ask the patriarch for help one by one, but they are not as arrogant as before.

Xu Qing saw enough of the excitement and went back. After all, there was nothing to do with them. Whether the patriarch would help the Cao family or not had nothing to do with them.

But I have to say that Xu Qing is very happy.

I don't know who the hero is. Xu Qingzhen wants to present a banner to ta. Thank you very much!

Li Jinmei repressed her emotions all the way. When she got home, she burst out laughing.

"The Cao family has today, too. It's really exciting!""Constable Qin can say that the evidence of the crime is conclusive. This time, Mr. Cao, it's not Mr. Cao. This Cao Ke is completely defeated! I don't know how he will be convicted of such a crime? "

"Beheading." Li Changting road.

Li Jinmei was stunned: "really?"

Li Changting: "Cao Ke will be beheaded if he gains more than 100 liang from tomb robbery, and the jade pendant alone is worth more than 1000 Liang."

"I see the look of elder Cao and second Cao. It seems that they know the inside story. How will they judge?" Xu Qing asked curiously.

"In fact, it should be all over the house." Li Changting replied, "but five years ago, the prime minister advocated punishing those who have committed crimes, not their descendants. Therefore, in recent years, there have been very few cases that have been destroyed. But the crime is unforgivable. Since the elder Cao and the second Cao knew about it, although they didn't participate in it, they could not avoid being exiled. The rest of the men in the Cao family who didn't know about it either got punished or spent several years in prison, which is probably the case. "

Xu Qing surprised to see him a few eyes: "you are quite clear."

Of course, Li Changting knows, because he sent people to report Cao Ke.

The reason why we choose today is to repay the clan leader for helping him.

It's better to be in full view than to be criticized behind the scenes.

The case of the Cao family opened the next day, and many people went to see it.

Because the evidence was solid, so there was nothing to defend. Cao Ke confessed, and his family was sentenced.

When the villagers came back, they all talked about it. On the one hand, they felt that the Cao family was worthy of death, and on the other hand, they felt that the patriarch was blind. How could they have agreed to marry their granddaughter to such a family.

Everyone thought that "Uncle Cao" should be hidden so deeply, and many people thought that if "Uncle Cao" didn't take out the Mei jade pendant, how could he be found to be a tomb robber.

We can only say that we suffer for ourselves.

Cao's family was robbed of their wealth overnight. These silver coins are all ill gotten gains from Cao Ke, and their failure is not enough to describe Cao's family.

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