There was a dead silence in the Yamen prison, and the cool moonlight poured in through the small holes carved out of the stone wall, bringing a glimmer of light to the dark cell.

Xie Jingde sat in a pile of dirty straw, leaning against the stone wall with his back tired. His eyes were tightly closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

After hearing the soft sound of the rope, a fluffy gray-skinned mouse sprang out of nowhere. It raised its little pointed head and stared at the motionless human in front of it. The small black bean-like eyes revealed a faint blood-red color, which looked extremely bewitching in the faint moonlight.

Outside the prison cell, there was a sudden sound of inaudible footsteps, and Xie Jingde, who was in the dark night, suddenly opened his blood-red eyes, which happened to match the strange eyes of the gray-skinned mouse. It squeaked and screamed, quickly turning and disappearing into the darkness. Xie Jingde's heart jumped violently, and a chill appeared in his back.

The footsteps were getting closer, and there was a faint crisp sound when the keys hit each other. Xie Jingde sat up suddenly, his eyes revealing a cold killing intent, and his hands quietly clenched into fists.

Soon there was a soft "click", the iron lock was opened, and with a creak, the door of the prison was pushed open. The dim candle flame was sprinkled with the watery moonlight.

Xie Jingde, who had long been hiding in the shadows of the prison cell, pounced out like a vicious wolf, and he used the fastest speed and the most vicious moves to restrain the future in one fell swoop. It's a pity that although his abacus played well, he didn't expect that the person who came was a step ahead.

After a thrilling fight, he was quickly restrained. Xie Jingde gritted his teeth and was still struggling desperately, this was his only chance to escape, if he missed it...... He closed his eyes and shook his head fiercely, no, he couldn't afford to miss this opportunity.

As long as he can escape from the yamen prison at night, he will be sure to escape from the city in one go. As long as he can enter the North Hell, he Xie Jingde is a good man who can fight tigers in the mountains and catch dragons in the sea.

There was a soft sound, and a pitch-black wooden sign fell from the person, and the wooden card was carved with a dragon hovering in the clouds.

Xie Jingde saw it at a glance, his body shook violently, and he let go of the hand that was still holding the shoulder of the visitor. Hoarse but cautious, he said, "Are you Long Wei?"

The visitor was dressed in the clothes of a yamen official, and the wide-brimmed hat on his head was pressed very low, almost covering half of his face. Xie Jingde knew that the person in front of him must not be as simple as an official.

The person who came patted the clothes on his body and said in a deep voice: "I didn't kneel down when I saw the token, but I still dared to ask my identity." ”

Xie Jingde knelt down with a puff, he raised his head and looked at the person with anticipation, and said in a trembling voice: "Master, but let you save me?"

The visitor snorted coldly from his nose, he bent down to pick up the wooden card and put it away carefully, and said contemptuously: "You have ruined the master's big business, and you still expect the master to save you, who do you think you are? You are just a dog raised by the master, is it worth the master's trouble!"

Xie Jingde's fiery eyes were like encountering a thousand years of ice, and inch by inch were frozen into ashes. Although he had always been in awe of his master, the despair that surged in his heart made him burst out with the last courage.

He swooped up and grabbed the hem of the comer's clothes tightly, and hissed: "The master can't be like this, I, Xie Jingde, was born and died for him, how can he say that he will give up and give up......"

The person who came waved his hand violently, and Xie Jingde's tall body fell out like a sack.

The person who came didn't want to make too much movement, he walked to Xie Jingde's side and squatted down, and said, "The master said, this matter can only be carried by you on one shoulder." Afterwards, although your general's mansion may not be able to be saved, the master of the little cub in your outer mansion will ensure that he is rich and worry-free for the rest of his life. ”

Xie Jingde's gloomy eyes finally flashed with a hint of panic when he heard this.

He didn't want all his weaknesses to be controlled by his master, so after the woman he loved the most was pregnant, he secretly sent it out.

He knew that after she was desperate, she was forced by her family to marry a rich local man and give birth to a son. also knows that their mother and son have a special identity, so they have a very hard time. But he didn't even dare to take a copper plate, let alone take a look.

The world thought that he was disgusted with her, so he let her go out and marry, even she herself thought so. Only he knew that he was only there to protect her and their children.

Counting it, eight years have passed since this incident, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't escape the master's control. He sat down and muttered, "What does the master want me?"

.......

Although he slept late last night, Liu Hui woke up as soon as it was dawn.

He collapsed lightly, put on a robe and walked out of the warm pavilion. The cold style of the early morning was biting, whistling away the last trace of sleepiness. moved his hands and feet in the yard, and played a set of swordsmanship, and his body became active.

The maid from the General's Mansion brought toiletries, and Liu Hui didn't want to wake up Hua Lianyue inside, so he brushed his teeth and cleaned his face in the courtyard.

I just threw the towel that had been rubbed over my face into the copper basin. Just listen to the sound of "tap and tap" in the warm pavilion.

Hua Lianyue pulled a pair of satin embroidered shoes on her feet, and walked out of the curtain with sleepy eyes.

Her cheeks were still flushed with the flush she had just woken up, and her black hair was loosely draped over her shoulders. He wore only a thin embroidered jacket with narrow sleeves, and a long rosin-colored skirt swayed at the delicate ankles.

"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao!"

The dizzy Hua Lianyue squinted her sour eyes and screamed, after all, she had only slept for more than an hour, and Hua Lianyue felt that her eyelids seemed to be smeared with paste, and she couldn't open them.

Liu Hui couldn't help but smile when he saw her misty appearance. He glanced at the maids of the Weng family who came in a hurry when they heard the sound, and the maids pursed their lips and smiled, and immediately stood still. He strode forward, reaching out and picking her up by the waist.

Hua Lianyue was startled, put her arms around his neck, opened her eyes, and whispered: "This is not in your own house, don't mess around, let me go quickly." ”

Liu Hui has been active in the yard for a long time, with a clear smell of grass and trees. Although Hua Lianyue was complaining in a low voice, she couldn't help but take a deep breath of the breath on his body, and suddenly felt clear, and her chaotic mind was also a lot clearer.

"Let me go and let the Weng family see the jokes!"

Liu Hui had already walked out of the pavilion, he smiled and let go of his hand, letting Hua Lianyue jump lightly from his arms.

"Don't call Xiaoxiao, it is estimated that the girl is still sleeping in the house, it is better to let my husband and I serve the lady to freshen up." Liu Hui still held her in his arms, and took the opportunity to kiss her blushing cheek.

His tone was full of intimacy and affection, which made Hua Lianyue's face heat up for a while. She pushed him and said angrily: "You just mess around, when Ming'er is outside, it will be rumored that the virtuous king is a gentleman who likes to mess around inside." ”

Liu Hui had unceremoniously stretched out his hand to break her hair in a bun, and said with a smile: "Then please ask Mrs. to accompany me and be that bewitching little goblin!"

Half an hour later, Hua Lianyue, who had finished washing, sat in front of the dressing table, wearing a tuft of Xinshu brocade embroidered flower placket jacket sent by Weng's daughter-in-law last night, a delicate but lively red skirt from time to time, and a pink peony smoke and soft yarn tied around her waist, which was really a little pink and crispy.

Liu Hui carefully combed her long hair and said, "The Weng family has a heart, and the clothes and accessories prepared for you fit quite well." ”

Hua Lianyue held a mutton fat white jade hollow peach bat pattern hairpin in her hand and played with it, and said with a smile: "Uncle Weng and my father are old friends, and they naturally take care of me many times. Back then, when he saw that I was naughty and cute, he wanted to ......"

also wanted to accept her as the fifth daughter-in-law, but was rejected by Liu Yiliang. General Weng is probably the only elder who knows that she is not in good health, but still wants her to be her daughter-in-law, just for her to have descendants to offer incense after her death.

Although it is an old story, this word cannot be advanced in front of Liu Hui, if he knows, he must overturn the old vinegar altar.

Although Hua Lianyue wanted to see Liu Hui's jealous appearance, she didn't dare to take this risk, so when the words came to her mouth, she changed her appearance again: "You still want to accept me as a righteous daughter!" It's a pity that my father was reluctant to let me go and didn't agree. ”

Liu Hui skillfully pulled her black hair into a simple ingot, and when he heard this, his thin lips bent, and he smiled lightly: "Fortunately, I didn't agree, otherwise I wouldn't have an inexplicable Taishan adult." ”

Hua Lianyue inserted the white hosta in her hand into her bun, but there was a hint of naughtiness in her eyes.

"King Xian, the fifth young master of the Weng family has something important to say!" Feng Wu's calm voice suddenly came from outside the warm pavilion.

Hua Lianyue choked on saliva all of a sudden, covered her mouth and coughed. It's really that you can't talk about people in the morning, and you can't talk about ghosts at night. Before anything happened, the victim was waiting outside to ask for a meeting.

"Why are you so careless, are you okay?" Liu Hui hurriedly picked up the milk tea in his hand and handed it over, Hua Lianyue took a few sips, and barely suppressed the sudden cough.

"It's okay, I accidentally choked. Hua Lianyue hurriedly shook her hand and said, "You still go and see what Fifth Brother Weng is telling you." ”

Liu Hui helped her help the hosta that was crooked because of the cough, and saw that she was dressed dignified and elegant, without losing everyone's bearing. So he nodded with satisfaction and said to the outside: "Please Weng Goro go to the main hall, and this king will come over immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Liu Hui turned his head to the side and said to Hua Lianyue gently: "Let's go, madam, Weng Wulang must have come here for the quartermaster case, you might as well go with me to listen to it." ”

"I'll go too?" Hua Lianyue pointed to the tip of her nose and said curtly: "Forget it, if there is anything important, you can come back and tell me the same." ”

Liu Hui smiled and said slowly: "It's okay, I heard that Xie Jingde's mansion yesterday was forcibly copied by Weng Wulang with dozens of personal soldiers when you gave an order."

If you say a word, he Weng Wulang will dare to copy the mansion of a fourth-grade military attaché, which shows that you and him must be old friends with all sincerity. ”

"Hehe, hehe! The last time we saw each other was seven years ago, when we had a fight over a oily pigeon, and it would be true to say that we were old friends. ”

Hua Lianyue laughed dryly a few times, and muttered in a low voice: "What's more, it wasn't a matter of urgency at that time! I don't have enough manpower, and the rest of the people except the Weng family can't believe it."

Fortunately, Uncle Weng's sons are not greedy for life and afraid of death, and they know that I am in a hurry to get the list so that they can wipe out Xie Jingde's accomplices, so they will take the risk of raiding Xie's mansion. Speaking of which, you should be grateful to them for handling your case so smoothly. ”

Liu Hui stared at Hua Lianyue, smiling: "It's an old friend?"

Hua Lianyue raised her hand and nodded extremely firmly: "It's just an old friend!"

Liu Hui took her hand and said with a smile: "Since we are old friends, it doesn't hurt to go and listen together!" Pulling Hua Lianyue and walking a few steps, he asked again: "Who was the oily pigeon eaten in the end?"

"Ah!" It was all seven years ago, Hua Lianyue thought about it for a moment before she said: "Of course I was eaten, because I can be coquettish and cry, Uncle Weng is most afraid of seeing me shed tears, so he specially punished Fifth Brother Weng for three hours." The next day, Fourth Brother Weng took us to ride a horse, but his legs were so shaky that he couldn't even get on horseback, and we laughed at him for a whole day......"

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but smirk. Liu Hui, who was leading her in front, turned around and stared at her meaningfully, and Hua Lianyue's bright smile suddenly froze on her lips.

In the flower hall, Weng Wulang, who looked anxious, saw Liu Hui and Hua Lianyue coming in together, and immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "It's not good, Xie Jingde committed suicide by hanging his belt around his neck in the prison last night." ”

"Committed suicide?" Hua Lianyue said in surprise: "Are you sure you committed suicide, not murder?"

Weng Wulang took out a piece of white cloth that was obviously torn from his middle coat from his sleeve pocket, handed it to Hua Lianyue and said, "You see, this cloth was placed in Xie Jingde's hand at that time, and the handwriting on it was the same as the handwriting he usually used to handle official documents, which should have been written by his own hand. ”

Without waiting for Hua Lianyue to make a move, Liu Hui reached out to take the white cloth on the side, unfolded it neatly, and with a faint bloody breath floating out, the last blood letter left by Xie Jingde appeared in front of them.

After a few quick glances, I understood the content of the blood book. He really took all the charges, saying that it was because he was driven by profit that he was blindfolded and committed this appalling munitions case.

At the same time, he tearfully expressed that he was sorry for the emperor's trust, the cultivation of Shangguan, and the expectations of the people, so he decided to apologize for his crime with death.

After reading it, Hua Lianyue glanced at Liu Hui, and a burst of gloomy coolness appeared in her heart. Xie Jingde's death made her deeply appreciate the strength of that person for the first time.

She knew that Liu Hui used the fastest speed to investigate the case in order to get rid of that person's influence as much as possible, but she didn't expect that they would still be a bad move after all. Xie Jingde has already set foot on Huangquan Road, and before he died, he took all the charges, and the man can finally sit back and relax.

Weng Wulang on the side said indignantly: "I didn't expect the yamen's prison to be so negligent, this morning I wanted to go to Xie Jingde to find out who the imperial merchant who sold the grain to Fengxiang Firm was."

When he entered the prison, he found that he was already hanging on the window railing, and even his body was stiff, and no one in the yamen noticed it. It's annoying!"

Although Hua Lianyue was a little disappointed, she also thought: With that person's power, it is not strange that he can penetrate a small yamen.

Liu Hui quietly folded the blood book carefully, put it in his sleeve pocket, and said, "Forget it, since he is bent on death, no one can hold it." Moreover, if he confesses his sins like this, he may be able to save the lives of the whole family, and it can be regarded as a well-deserved death. ”

Although Weng Goro was full of indignation, he was helpless. After a few more words, he was about to say goodbye and leave. Suddenly, Liu Hui seemed to inadvertently hold back and said: "Weng Wulang, don't be in a hurry to leave, I heard Yue'er say that you like to eat pigeons, so I asked people to go to the drunken building to book a table of all-pigeon banquets." If you're all right, you might as well go with us and try it. ”