Grand View Garden.

As usual, there was another lively show on the stage that the old lady loved. The female family members chatted and laughed while remembering to pay attention to their manners. At the male guests' table, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Rong, and Xue Pan had already started to behave wildly.

When Jiao Shun came over, Xue Pan was already half drunk, with a cosmos in his head, and was posing around Jia Qiang, without any embarrassment of being involved in a lawsuit.

A kind-hearted person like Aunt Xue and a well-rounded Baochai, how could she end up with such a careless thing?

Jia Qiang has changed her mind a lot recently because she found her true love. She is not willing to cater to Xue Pan and Long Yang, but she also doesn't want to fall out with him in public. Seeing Jiao Shun coming over with a sullen face, she hurriedly took the opportunity to get up and address her as uncle.

Only then did Xue Pan see Jiao Shun, and he quickly stood up and greeted him with a smile: "Brother Jiao, aren't you going to celebrate the festival at home? How about..."

Jiao Shun nodded slightly to Jia Qiang, but ignored Xue Pan. He walked directly to Jia Zheng and said politely: "Uncle Shi, let me lend my nephew to the Xue brothers for the time being."

Before he finished speaking, Xue Biao stood up not far away.

He originally had no intention of coming to the Grand View Garden for the banquet. Later, because of his mother's entrustment, he made a special trip to confess to several elders in the Rongguo Mansion on behalf of his mother. Therefore, although he was at the banquet, he was thinking about his mother, and he was not thinking about her at all.

Drinking without intention.

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head with a troubled face and said, "What's wrong? Isn't that matter over?"

"Who told you it was over?"

Jiao Shun turned around and glanced at him, then raised his hand to Jia Zhengchen and motioned for the two of them to follow him and leave.

Jia Zheng also vaguely noticed something at this time, but he didn't want to pay attention to the private affairs of the Xue family. What's more, with the popular Jiao Shun coming forward, what else could be done to settle the matter?

Therefore, I pretended to be confused while pretending to understand.

But after walking out of the main hall, Jiao Shun saw that Xue Pan was one foot high and one foot low, and was getting more and more drunk when the wind blew him, so he ordered Xue Pan again: "I'm afraid he can't make up his mind like this, go and invite your cousin."

Come and tell me that things have changed in the Mei family."

Xue Biao had already guessed that it was because of this. Hearing this, he looked at Xue Pan helplessly, then went back inside to try to contact Xue Baochai.

About half a quarter of an hour later, Baochai was seen hurrying out with Xue Biao, followed by Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang.

"Brother Shun!"

As soon as she met Aunt Xue, she asked anxiously: "What happened to the Mei family again?"

"The old lady from the Mei family died suddenly in the evening."

"What?!"

Everyone exclaimed in unison. Even Xue Pan woke up a little and quickly asked: "Brother Jiao, didn't you say she was fine? Why did she suddenly die again?"

Everyone was staring at Jiao Shun eagerly, trying to figure out what was going on.

Jiao Shun said, "This is not the place to talk. If it's more convenient, why not go to my house and listen to the report of the people below in person."

Mrs. Wang was the first to respond, and the rest were naturally all right.

So he took only a few named personal maids and transferred directly to Jiao's house from the side door.

After sitting down in the main hall of the Jiao family, Laiwang and his wife came out to say hello, and then hid in the bedroom to avoid suspicion.

Then Jiao called Ni Er in and asked him to explain the cause and effect of the incident in detail.

After listening to Ni Er's words, before everyone could express their opinions, Xue Pan suddenly started talking, eager to talk and said happily: "Isn't this a coincidence?! Since no one saw the little beast when he was caught, let's just

Find a place to bury him alive, wouldn't it..."

"elder brother!"

Xue Baochai interrupted him sharply, and Aunt Xue became even more angry, pointing at her son and scolding: "You, what nonsense are you talking about, you evildoer? After all, he is also a son of an official family. How can you kill him if you ask him to? If you let him, you can kill him."

If people find out, wouldn’t it be a sin to behead someone?!”

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but scolded: "He is not an orphan without a father and a mother. If he just goes away and never comes back, won't the Mei family report him to the official? I'm afraid the report will be more urgent and the investigation will be more ruthless!"

Xue Pan saw that his good and good idea was completely unpopular with everyone, so he had to sit back angrily.

Xue Baochai took advantage of the situation and asked a few more details, and said thoughtfully: "There is something strange about this - given the current situation of the Mei family, using the old lady's death to make trouble is a way out, but Mrs. Mei strictly prohibited her son from reporting to the government.

, even forcing him to climb over the wall to come out..."

After a pause, he added: "Furthermore, according to the consulting doctor, the old Mrs. Mei's family was fine in the morning and showed no signs of being frightened. Why did she suddenly..."

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. They all thought her analysis was reasonable, but they couldn't figure out why.

Everyone subconsciously looked at Jiao Shun, hoping that he could tell him something, but Jiao Shun was still lowering his head and pondering. They didn't know whether he was stumped by these two questions or was thinking about other things.

At this moment, Xue Pan suddenly jumped up again, staring and making absurd remarks: "I know, this old lady must have been killed by that boy from the Mei family. His mother was afraid of being found out, so she didn't let her go."

Report to the official!"

have to say……

Xue Pan's brain circuit was quite similar to that of Maple Sen, so he guessed almost immediately.

However, he was rarely right for once, but everyone thought it was outrageous and absurd.

Xue Biao shook his head: "If you can really do this, how can you not dare to report it to the official? There are many ways to kill people without leaving any traces in this world, such as the sacks commonly used in prisons - it can't be

Then Mapleson didn't care and just strangled his grandmother to death, right?"

Xue Baochai also looked disapproving.

Xue Pan saw that the two smartest people in the family did not agree with his opinion, so he had to sit back angrily.

"Then why do they, mother and son, disagree?"

Mrs. Wang raised the question again. Seeing that everyone was still frowning, she turned around and scolded Xue Pan: "Wenlong, what can I say to you? How much effort did Chang Qing and your sister spend to get revenge with such difficulty?

To avenge the Mei family's divorce - it's better for you, you have to add unnecessary nonsense, and now the tired family is restless!"

Aunt Xue also complained: "What a sin! You caused a life-threatening lawsuit in Jinling, but now you are in the capital, why don't you repent!"

Seeing that the two elders began to blame his brother, Xue Baochai quickly signaled to Xue Biao to invite Ni Er out.

Without "outsiders", Mrs. Wang and her sisters had less and less scruples. You and I scolded Xue Pan bloody.

"No matter how much I blame my brother at this time, it will not help."

Seeing that the scolding was almost done, Xue Baochai came out to smooth things over and returned to the topic: "The most important thing right now is to ensure that the doctor is willing to testify and prove that the death of the old lady Mei's family is not directly related to what happened in the morning - in this way

, even if it is found on my brother, it will be difficult to convict him."

After hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Jiao Shun.

In addition to the fact that Jiao Shun had information about the doctor, his long silence just now also made everyone quite concerned.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Jiao Shuncai finally shook his head slowly and said: "If you follow me, it's best to completely remove Wen Long from this case. If you really can't escape, I would rather let Brother Xue take the blame."

Implicate him."

"Why is this?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then Xue Pan became anxious. He jumped up and patted his chest and said: "A good man does things like a good man. Since I scare people to death, I should be the one to go..."

"You don't scare people to death!"

Xue Baochai hurriedly corrected: "No matter when the time comes, brother can't make mistakes!"

Xue Pan's momentum froze, and he sat back angrily and said: "Anyway, I did it. I just admit it myself, and there is no need for Xue Pan to take the blame!"

Aunt Xue also disagreed: "It was Wenlong who was in trouble, but why should he blame it on Brother Biao?"

After a pause, she seemed to remember something, and then said firmly: "Even if you miss the marriage with the Xia family because of this, there is no reason to push your brother into a pit of fire!"

"My wife misunderstood."

Jiao Shun sighed and said helplessly: "I said that Wen Long must be removed from this case resolutely because he has a reason why he must not be involved in the case."

Then he asked again: "My wife just said that she was involved in a life-threatening lawsuit when she was in Jinling, but she didn't know how that case was settled in the end?"

"That case?"

Aunt Xue hesitated and said: "It's nothing. It was just delayed at first, and then the prefect was changed to the current Yin Jiayu Village of Shuntian Prefecture, and the case was closed somehow."

Mrs. Wang vaguely noticed something on the side. She couldn't help but leaned forward slightly and asked, "Chang Qing, is there something wrong with the case at that time?"

"I can't say for sure right now..."

In fact, Jiao Shun had nothing to do in the afternoon, recalling the plots in books and TV series, and then vaguely remembered the life lawsuit that year. Jia Yucun seemed to have declared that Xue Pan was dead and settled the case.

When I was reading the book, I didn't notice anything wrong with it, but now that I've put myself in his shoes, I can see that there's something fishy about it.

But he definitely couldn't tell the truth, so he said vaguely: "Because I have some friendship with Jia Yucun, one time after drinking, I forgot whether he said it himself or his master. It seems that in order to settle the case, I gave Wenlong

My brother died suddenly due to illness - since the suspect is dead, the case will naturally go away."

Before Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue heard the seriousness of the problem, Xue Baochai and Xue Biao stood up together and said in shock: "How could such a thing happen?!"

Immediately, Xue Biao said seriously: "If this is really the case, then I will take the responsibility for this lawsuit!"

"How did this happen?!"

Xue Pan became anxious again. He stood up and was about to argue, but heard his sister say: "I can only wrong you."

"This this……"

Xue Pan stamped his feet anxiously, as if nothing else had happened to him. He had always wanted to be a good man, so how could he let his cousin take the blame for him?
To be continued...