When the pears are green

Jiang Qingzhou and Chen Yuan walked to a willow tree one after another, and Chen Yuan told Jiang Qingzhou everything he knew.

With a bang, Jiang Qingzhou punched the willow tree. He had always treated Ruyi as his own sister, but now someone actually wanted to humiliate Ruyi in this way. The anger in his heart reached its peak.

Chen Yuan was a little surprised by Jiang Qingzhou's reaction. He didn't expect that Jiang Qingzhou and Ruyi had such a good relationship. He told Jiang Qingzhou that he got the news from a beggar, but in order to prevent being deceived by the beggar, he still investigated it himself, and only the day before yesterday did he completely sort out the matter.

"Brother Jiang, I think we should not tell Ruyi about this. Even if she knows about it, what can she do? She still has to obey her parents' orders. It is better to solve it for her directly." Chen Yuan told Jiang Qingzhou his thoughts.

Jiang Qingzhou agreed with Chen Yuan's idea. He discussed it with Chen Yuan and agreed on a time to meet in the evening.

The two left the willow tree together. Jiang Qingzhou went to find Song Li, while Chen Yuan continued patrolling.

Song Li was weighing bean sprouts for a customer, and Jiang Qingzhou hurried forward to help. Song Li caught a glimpse of the red marks on Jiang Qingzhou's finger joints.

"Qingzhou, what's wrong with your hand?" After the customer left, Song Li hurriedly pulled Jiang Qingzhou's hand, some parts of which were already broken.

Song Li blew on the wound and asked softly, "Does it hurt?"

Jiang Qingzhou reached out and rubbed Song Li's frowning brows, and told Song Li that he was not in pain. Although he didn't want Song Li to know about this dirty thing, he felt that there should be no concealment between husband and wife, so he told Song Li what Chen Yuan said and what he and Chen Yuan decided.

Song Li was a little bit unbelievable. She never thought that Zhao Xuan would harbor such evil intentions.

"Detective Chen is right. Telling Ruyi about this will only add to her troubles. It would be better to let the aunt give up the idea of ​​marrying her to Zhao Xuan." Chen Yuan has already figured out Zhao Xuan's connections, and there is no one among them who they cannot afford to offend, so Song Li approves of Chen Yuan's plan, which is simple, crude and effective.

"Hey, are you still selling your bean sprouts? Stop standing there and get down to business!" a woman with a loud voice shouted, causing many people around to look at Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou who were whispering.

Song Li walked to the stall embarrassedly, weighed bean sprouts for the woman, and gave her some extra.

The woman thanked him again and again and said that she would take care of Song Li's business next time.

Business was good and the bean sprouts were sold out quickly.

When Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou were walking back, they met Chen Yuan who was still on patrol. Chen Yuan whispered to Jiang Qingzhou not to forget the appointment in the evening. Jiang Qingzhou nodded to indicate that he would not forget.

At dusk, the gate of the Jiang family was locked, and Jiang Qingzhou was walking alone on the road to Heihe Town.

As agreed, Chen Yuan was waiting under the big willow tree where they had talked before. After seeing Jiang Qingzhou, he first took Jiang Qingzhou back to his own courtyard.

"There is no curfew in the town. There is only the night watchman on patrol. As long as there is no fight, no one will intervene." Chen Yuan cooked and told Jiang Qingzhou to eat and drink enough before working.

When the moon slowly climbed up to the treetops, Chen Yuan and Jiang Qingzhou left the courtyard together.

Based on the information provided by Wang Sanyuan, Chen Yuan found Zhao Xuan's address.

Jiang Qingzhou and Chen Yuan stood in front of the courtyard made of blue bricks. Above the wide gate hung a plaque made of sandalwood with the two big words "Zhao's House" written on it.

Zhao Xuan has a good business sense. He started out by carrying a load on his shoulder and walking around the streets selling small items such as needles, thread, handkerchiefs and sachets. Now he runs a grocery store in Heihe Town which does good business.

Before Ruyi cooperated with Li Yun'an, she basically sold handkerchiefs to Zhao Xuan's shop. Zhao Xuan often heard the waiter in the shop mention Ruyi, saying that Ruyi was not only gentle, but also a good female worker. Later, after asking around, Zhao Xuan found out that Ruyi and himself were both from Zhanggou Village, so he set his sights on Ruyi.

Jiang Qingzhou and Chen Yuan looked at the seven-foot-high courtyard wall. They put on the cloth covers that Song Li had prepared for them this afternoon on their feet and hands, and with the help of a sycamore tree beside the courtyard wall, they easily climbed over it.

Two dull thuds of landing sounded in the empty yard, causing a burst of barking from dogs.

Chen Yuan threw the steamed bread soaked in sleeping pills to the big dog tied under a tree. The big dog ate it excitedly, but fell to the ground not long after.

Jiang Qingzhou watched Chen Yuan's actions, and he couldn't help but think of the two thieves who entered his house.

Chen Yuan felt Jiang Qingzhou's straightforward gaze, and he explained to Jiang Qingzhou that the drug would not kill the dog, but would only make it faint temporarily.

The two men walked cautiously in the yard. They used a tinder to search the five rooms in the yard one by one, but there was no sign of Zhao Xuan.

Jiang Qingzhou and Chen Yuan decided to hide in Zhao Xuan's bedroom first.

"It's the second watch of the night watch. Close the doors and windows to prevent theft." The sound of the night watchman knocking on the clapper came from far away, then from near to far away. The door of the Zhao family was opened. Zhao Xuan drunkenly glanced at the big dog on the ground. He laughed and mocked the big dog for going to bed earlier than him.

Zhao Xuan staggered into the bedroom. Before he could even reach for the lighter, Jiang Qingzhou and Chen Yuan, who were masked, sacked him in the moonlight.

Jiang Qingzhou and Chen Yuan kicked Zhao Xuan who was struggling in the sack. Zhao Xuan slowly gave up struggling. Soon, a deafening snoring sound came from the sack. It turned out that he had fallen asleep after being drunk.

Chen Yuan kicked him twice more.

Jiang Qingzhou and Chen Yuan waited until the fifth watch of the morning. They first carried the still sleeping Zhao Xuan to Chen Yuan's yard, then put him on a cart and pushed it to Zhanggou Village along with half a cart of tree branches.

The two men stripped Zhao Xuan of all his clothes, threw him at the entrance of the village, and tied his clothes to a willow tree at the entrance of the village. Soon, some villagers who got up early to collect manure and firewood would pass by.

Jiang Qingzhou and Chen Yuan put the branches back on the cart, and after passing Zhanggou Village, they took off the cloth covers on their hands and feet and placed them under the branches, and went to Jiang Qingzhou's home together.

Song Li got up early and waited at the gate of the courtyard. She and Jiang Qingzhou agreed to use the cuckoo's call as a signal. When she heard the call of "cuckoo, cuckoo", she immediately opened the gate for Jiang Qingzhou and Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan did not stay. He left the cart at Jiang's house and returned to the town alone.

Jiang Qingzhou was awakened by Song Li before he woke up from his nap. It was Zhang Peng who came to see him.

Zhang Peng complained about Zhao Xuan all the way. Everyone in the village knew that Zhao Xuan had asked a matchmaker to come to his house to ask for Ruyi's hand in marriage. Although it was not officially settled, Jiang had verbally agreed. Now that Zhao Xuan had done such a scandal, what should Ruyi do?

Jiang Qingzhou listened to Zhang Peng calmly. He asked Zhang Peng in surprise, "Uncle, didn't you all say that Zhao Xuan was a good son-in-law with a good reputation and the ability to make money? How could he make such a joke in the village just by drinking a little?"

Zhang Peng looked at Jiang Qingzhou embarrassedly, and kept saying that he was deceived by the matchmaker.

After the early-rising villagers discovered Zhao Xuan, they knocked on the doors of Zhao Xuan's house and Zhang Peng's house respectively.

When Zhang Peng arrived, Zhao Xuan's father was busy helping Zhao Xuan put on clothes. He knew that Zhao Xuan had sent a matchmaker to the Zhang family to propose marriage. Now that Zhao Xuan's reputation was ruined, he would definitely hold on to the Zhang family tightly.

Zhang Peng had no choice but to ask Jiang Qingzhou for help.

When Jiang Qingzhou and Zhang Peng arrived at Zhang's house, Zhang Jixiang and Zhang Ping'an were blocking the gate, and Jiang was cursing Zhao Xuan in the yard.

The people around kept pointing fingers at the Zhao family, saying that they wanted to rely on the Zhang family, and some even said that Zhao Xuan looked like he would die young.

Jiang Qingzhou took a look at Zhao Xuan, who was wearing a dark blue gown. He was of medium height, thin, with a yellowish complexion, dark circles under his eyes, and dull eyes. At first glance, he was a drunkard and a womanizer.

Zhao Xuan kept promising Jiang that if Ruyi married him, he would let her be in charge of all the Zhao family's finances.

Although Jiang wanted to marry Ruyi to a rich family, she was disgusted to the extreme when she saw Zhao Xuan's appearance of being hollowed out by alcohol and sex. No matter what Zhao Xuan said, she would not agree.

"Uncle Zhao, Zhao Xuan and my cousin are not engaged yet. They just received a matchmaker's proposal. My aunt and uncle didn't agree. Why do you have to make such a fuss? Even if we take it to the government office, we are still right. You should go back soon. We understand how you feel about what happened to your Erlang." Jiang Qingzhou spoke to the Zhao family members with reason and evidence.

After Jiang Qingzhou finished speaking, he asked someone to help him report the case to the government office.

Everyone in the Zhao family knew the purpose of Zhao Xuan marrying Ruyi. They were afraid of complications, so they stopped the villagers who were going to report the case and slipped back in disgrace amid laughter.

Xia Lin hurried to Ruyi's room and told her, and Ruyi finally felt relieved.