Lu Jinping asked: "He said he would go home before midnight, and he did it?"

Zhou Yuanwai's daughter said, "Yes! Since I was pregnant, he has always come back before midnight, and he has not been drunk. He has walked back by himself, unlike before that. I often have to support him. I know that he has suffered a lot of grievances when he married into my Zhou family, and he is even more inferior. People outside laugh at him, and he is very embarrassed. But there is no way, so he can only do this, so he drank his sorrows and didn't want to drink at home. Outside, he told me that drinking outside can make him happy temporarily. I hope I can forgive and accommodate him. I believe him, so I told my father to tell him not to care about him and let him drink outside. As long as I am happy, it is indeed a bad feeling to let him marry into his mother. If this method can be used to it, it may not be a good thing. I will get used to it slowly after a few days, especially after having a child, I think he will calm down and go home."

Lu Jinping pondered for a moment and asked again: "I found out that he drank at the widow that day, saying that he was in a depressed mood, but just drank in a muffled voice. - I would like to ask my aunt, did you have any disputes that day? Or was there anything that made him unhappy?"

Zhou Yuanwai's daughter was stunned for a moment and said, "No? We are fine, he is not unhappy."

As soon as he said this, the maid from Miss Zhou next to him interjected: "Grandma, my aunt seems to have some worries. He smiled in front of you, but when I went out, I saw him frowning, as if he was full of worries, and as if he was very sad, so I didn't dare to ask him."

Zhou Yuanwai's daughter exclaimed: "Then why don't you tell me?"

"I, I don't know if I want to tell you, my son-in-law is often happy and sad, but my aunt is not unaware. I just heard the Lord's question, so I remembered it temporarily."

Zhou Yuanwai said, "Of course he should be full of worries. His wife is about to give birth. Moreover, Wenpo said that the fetus is a bit too big and it may be difficult to give birth. He must be uneasy. Just to me, Wenpo also told me that your mother might have trouble when she gave birth to you. I couldn't eat well for several days and couldn't sleep. It was not until you were born safely that the stone in my heart fell to the ground. Pang Yan should have been worried so much that he was frowning."

Lu Jinping nodded and said, "That's true. Anyone who has his wife will give birth to a child immediately. Sometimes it is more nervous than a woman, and it is very common for him to be unconscious."

His eyes glanced around the room and found a guqin placed beside the window, which was quaint and fragrant. There was an incense burner next to it, and a incense pole burned to the roots was inserted into it, lonely. He said immediately: "Grandma is good at playing the piano? This is an elegant hobby. I don't know how to do this thing, I am really envious."

Zhou Yuanwai's daughter said a little embarrassedly: "The Lord praised me, but I don't know either. He liked it because of his deceased husband, and he played the piano very well. He used to play the piano when he was happy. It's a pity that the piano was dead..."

When his daughter talked about these sad things again, he choked up his words, Yuanwai Zhou quickly changed his mind and said to Lu Jinping: "By the way, sir, it was originally planned that today was the day for the son-in-law to be buried. Now that a murder case has occurred, is the burial postponed?"

"This is unnecessary. I have investigated everything I should investigate. Let the deceased be buried. It is not appropriate to stop like this. Let your daughter recover. Let hundreds of people stay in your house in a mess. She can't rest well, and I can't investigate the case well. I'd better hurry up and get buried according to the original arrangements and let all relatives go home."

Yuanwai Zhou agreed repeatedly and immediately told the butler that he would prepare for the funeral according to the original arrangement.

The next half day will be the matter of cooking and burial.

After the funeral, the Zhou family feast thanked all the guests and relatives and friends, and invited the opera troupe from Tongzhou to sing opera. There is a name called Chongxi, which is to scatter bad luck and celebrate the safety of my aunt giving birth to a child. Therefore, it can be regarded as a funeral and happy event.

The deceased was buried safely to celebrate the safe birth of his grandson. The funeral was done again, and everyone was happy and shouted.

As a lord, a doctor of medical treatment in Tongzhou Prefecture, everyone in the Zhou family already knew that this doctoral doctor with a great medical skills used a child to be born safely by the delivery method that he had never seen before. He was the great benefactor of the Zhou family. Therefore, he was a distinguished guest and became the object of admiration. The close relatives and friends of the Zhou family were both grateful and respectful, and they came to toast at the banquet. Lu Jinping also refused everyone. He had a drink, but he could not resist so many people's actions. He drank it all at night and was drunk.

At this time, the banquet was almost dispersed, and it was already the second day of the day. Ye Qingqing helped Lu Jinping to go back to his room to sleep. At this moment, the constable sent by Captain Xiong came back on a fast horse, bringing inspiring news that the thief who stole Zhou Yuanwai's son-in-law's jade pendant was caught.

As soon as he heard this news, Lu Jinping seemed to have sobered up a lot. He immediately put down his glass, said sorry, and quickly left and came to the front hall.

Captain Xiong quickly reported to Lu Jinping: "The thief caught is from Zhoujiazhuang, nicknamed Sanzi, and he usually likes to drink in Widow Xie's winery. The brothers ran all the gold and silver jewelry stores in Tongzhou. They found this jade pendant in a jewelry store and placed it on the shelf. The shopkeeper knew that the things that the third son had rewatched from time to time to sell. He knew that the origin was unknown, so he turned a blind eye. At first, he refused to say that his brothers could not hold him locked him and slapped him a few times, and then honestly explained. He told the situation of the third son, who had lived in the city these days and was squandering the money for selling the jade pendant. We rushed there immediately and caught the boy in a kiln. Before he could be punished, the boy confessed that he stole it. Master, you are so clever!"

Lu Jinping said to the hard work of the brothers and ordered the three sons to be brought with him.

Soon, the third son was escorted up and knelt on the ground. His face was full of fear. After Lu Jinping asked in detail about the incident, he smiled satisfied. He ordered the third son to be taken into custody, and then walked out of the flower hall.

Captain Xiong was listening, but he only heard the three sons' experience of stealing jade pendants, but he seemed to be unaware of the murder. He couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and followed Lu Jinping out of the gate and whispered: "Sir, I only caught the stole the things. Who was the one who killed Zhou Yuanwai's son-in-law Pang Yan? I don't know what to do?"

Lu Jinping looked at him drunkenly, smiled mysteriously, and said, "Don't worry first, I drank a little bit, I must wake up first, and then tell you what to do next." After that, he ignored Captain Xiong and swayed back to the bedroom with his maid Ye Qingqing.

Lu Jinping asked Ye Qingqing to bring a basin of cold water to wash his face. After washing his face, he felt a little more awake. The maid sent sober soup again, saying that it was specially sent by Grandma Zhou's family. Lu Jinping drank a bowl of sober soup in one breath, and then felt a little more awake.

Then Lu Jinping stretched his waist long and said to Ye Qingqing: "Let's go, let's go to the winery of Widow Chang to drink."

When Ye Qingqing heard this, she pouted unhappily: "Sir, you haven't drunk enough yet? You've been drinking for a long time. Besides, you want to drink it and ask the Zhou family to send it. There is wine here, so why do you have to drink it with that stinky woman?"

"I'll know when I go, but I can't take you."

"Ah?" Ye Qingqinghong's pouting little mouth pouted higher.

Lu Jinping smiled, twisted her little face affectionately, and said, "I have a more important task to you. Don't mess it up!"

"Really?" Ye Qingqing was immediately happy when she heard that the Lord had a heavy responsibility to him and valued him so much.

Lu Jinping leaned over and whispered a few times in her ear. Ye Qingqing nodded excitedly: "Don't worry, Sir, I don't think there will be any trouble!"

Lu Jinping walked out of the inner house with a smile and came to the front hall. Captain Xiong hurried up and said, "Sir, how about it?"

Lu Jinping said: "Let's go, go to the Widow's Beverage House to drink."
Chapter completed!