Song stood up on the edge of the bed, looked at everything familiar in the room, and slowly walked to the dresser, where a vague figure was reflected in the bronze mirror opposite.

She leaned forward slightly, and her whole face was imprinted into the bronze mirror, the face in the mirror made her extremely unfamiliar, the bright and flying in the impression had already been polished clean by the years, and all that was left was the gentleness that seemed to have been contained in the bone marrow, and the shallow smile that never faded on her face.

Song opened the makeup box that he had been cherishing, and there was only a pear flower hosta in the small box, the hairpin body was white and flawless, but the flower buds were not carved fine enough, and on one of the blooming flowers, the petals broke a corner, which was the place where she accidentally hit the bedpost and broke it when she first argued with Feng Yuansu.

That time they quarreled all over the world, that time Feng Yuansu had red eyes, that time she almost lost the child, and since that time, she has also taken off the hosta on her head and has never worn this hairpin again.

She still remembers that Feng Qizhou, who was still a teenager, stood under the pear blossom tree, the wind blowing the flowers and falling, and his appearance was like a fairy.

At that time, she was still young, and after a quick glance, she put it into her heart.

She knew that the young man was the son of the Feng family, knew that he was talented and intelligent, knew that he won three yuan in a row when he was weak, knew that he was shocked when he was in the palace test, knew that he won the heart of the emperor after entering the office, and knew that he was a noble woman in Beijing, and he was the daughter of a noble family in the court...

She tried her best to get close to the teenager, learn poetry and painting, and never missed the big and small banquets, even if the teenager just glanced at it by chance, and called her Miss Song in a cold voice, it could make her happy for a few days.

Later, when the spring met by chance, the originally cold teenager suddenly asked her what flowers she liked, she only remembered that her heart seemed to be about to jump out of her throat, she was a keen peony she did not hesitate to say the pear blossom, three days later, she received this pear blossom hosta, and then the Feng family came to discuss the marriage, she was overjoyed to agree to the Feng family's family affairs, but did not want to finish the dowry, she originally thought that the husband, but became the young man's red-faced younger brother, and the young man stood there, calling her brother and sister lightly......

Song couldn't help but chuckle out loud when she thought of the past, if it weren't for the thought back then, why would she marry into the Feng family, if it wasn't for the vague unwillingness and jealousy, why would she be used, when she knew Xiao Yunsu's identity, the jealousy that had been suppressed surged out, so impatient to attack her, she forced herself to the current situation, and she couldn't turn back?!

Song held the hosta tightly in his hand, and the force seemed to crush it, but he didn't know where he pressed it between the palms of his hands, and after hearing a slight sound, the originally integrated hosta was broken into two, and something rolled out of it.

When the palm of the hand was opened, there was a yellowed note on it, and the handwriting on the note was already a little blurred.

There is beauty and one person, and I will never forget it. I don't see it for a day, and I think like crazy.

The phoenix soars, seeking the phoenix from all over the world. Helpless beauty, not on the east wall.

The piano will be used as a substitute for the language, and the conversation will be heartfelt. When I see Xu Xi one day, comfort me and wander.

I am willing to match virtue and join hands. I shall not fly away, and I shall be destroyed. (Note (1))

Song stared at the handwriting on the note, his lips trembling.

"Impossible...... No way!!"

"How could it be him, it couldn't be him!!"

Song Shi clutched the piece of paper tightly, when the hosta in her hand fell to the ground, it was shattered, she looked at the familiar handwriting on it, as if there was a day of marriage in front of her, Feng Yuansu looked at her under the phoenix crown but still wearing the hosta, not only did not get angry at all, but looked at her with a red face and clear eyes.

- Wen Yin, I'm so happy.

- Wen Yin, I am pleased with you.

"Huh...... Hehehe...... Haha......"

Song stared at the handwriting on the paper, and the past events appeared in front of him one by one.

His joy when he blushed and called her a lady, his undisguised joy for her, he looked puzzled at her wearing a hosta but was estranged from him, when she no longer wore a hosta, and wanted to live well with him, the loss in his eyes.

Wrong......

They're all wrong......

A hoarse laugh slowly came out of Song's mouth, the voice was like crying and laughing, embarrassed and embarrassed, with extreme remorse, and when the tears slid down her cheeks, her eyes were blurred.

Feng Yuansu, you fool!

I regret it, I regret it, I regret it...

Is it good for you to come back, I was wrong...

After Feng Changyi came out of the Song family's room, he didn't rest, but asked the housekeeper to come over and want to count the things in the house, but he didn't expect that there were not many things left in the house, and the housekeeper gave him some other things.

"Second son, these are the account books in the house, and these books, which record the things in the warehouse. Before the third master had an accident, he asked the old slave to sell some things, and all the silver tickets were stored in the Ning family's money village in the name of the son, and the rest were all things that were not easy to take away and could not be taken away. ”

"The third master said that if something happens to him, he will let you leave the capital with his wife and miss, don't worry about the affairs in the capital, and don't come back in the future. ”

Feng Changyi was a little dazed when he listened to the housekeeper's words, he didn't expect that Feng Yuansu had prepared a way back for them so early, and now the Feng family was in trouble, if the money was placed elsewhere, it would be difficult to guarantee that it would not be taken away, only the Ning family, even if he was down, Ning Yuanzhi would keep his share for him.

Feng Changyi took a look at the account book, and said to the housekeeper: "You help us like this, aren't you afraid of offending the second uncle?"

The housekeeper shook his head and said: "If it wasn't for the third master to save him, the old slave's life would have been gone, and the third master has treated the old slave well over the years. ”

"Childe doesn't need to worry about the old slave, the second master is ...... Not a heartless person after all. Prepare for these two days, and when the snow stops, leave this place as soon as possible. ”

The housekeeper left with the lantern, while Feng Changyi looked at the things in his hand, the amount of silver recorded on it was not small, even if he left the capital without the protection of the Feng family, with this money, it was enough for the three of them to spend the rest of their lives in peace and prosperity in other places.

Feng Changyi only thought that he would get up early tomorrow and ask if there was a caravan going south, and then find a way to hire a few guards, his mother and Xi'er were not in good health, and they needed to prepare well for the bumps on the road......

Feng Changyi was thinking about what happened next, and at the same time put away the things that the housekeeper gave him, the cold wind outside blew his body cold, he wrapped his hands tightly around the big man, ready to go back to prepare, get up tomorrow morning to make arrangements, but he didn't want to just return to the courtyard when he heard an exclamation.

"Xi'er?!"

Feng Changyi was startled when he heard the voice, and hurriedly ran towards the side quickly, who would have thought that there was no one inside.

He felt uneasy, he only felt that something had happened, so he hurriedly turned around and ran to Song's house, and saw that the door was wide open, the tray in Caiyue's hand fell to the ground, and the warm soup woman flipped to the ground, looking at the house with a frightened face, and Feng Xi, who was only wearing a shirt, sat down in front of the door, looking at the figure hanging on the beam in the house with a pair of blank eyes.

In front of the dresser, there was a piece of paper, and when the cold wind blew in, the candle flame was extinguished, and it was dim.

"Mother!!"

Feng Changyi's eyes were red, and he shouted, he rushed into the house quickly, wanting to hug Song's body, but before he could make a move, Feng Xi's scream came from behind him: "Brother, !!"

Before Feng Changyi could turn around, he felt someone leaning over behind him, followed by a pain in his neck, and his eyes were dark, and he lost consciousness.

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After Feng Qizhou took Feng Qiao out of the prison of the Criminal Department, the two of them drove towards Feng's house, the car was quiet and scary, Feng Qiao did not open his mouth to ask Feng Qizhou about Xiao Yuanzhu, and Feng Qizhou did not speak.

The carriage "clicked" forward on the snow, and Yun Sheng and Zuo Yue sat outside the carriage, and they could feel how oppressive the atmosphere in the carriage separated by the curtain was.

"Wood, what did Feng Yuansu say?" Zuo Yue couldn't suppress his curiosity, and asked in a low voice as his lips squirmed.

Yun Sheng glanced at him lightly and didn't speak, but that gaze made Zuo Yue shut his mouth.

Zuo Yue turned his head a little stupidly to look at the silent car, retracted back a little unwillingly, took the whip and whipped the horse pulling the cart, and muttered: Dead wood.

When the carriage rushed all the way from the prison of the Criminal Department to Feng's house, because of the snow, the road that originally had only one cup of tea walked for more than half an hour, and when the carriage just approached the vicinity of Feng's house, there was a commotion in the night that should have been quiet.

Feng Qizhou said in a deep voice: "What's wrong?"

There is a curfew in Beijing, especially after the previous incident of refugees making trouble, and the curfew in Beijing after nightfall is even stricter, and it stands to reason that it should not be so noisy at this time.

Yun Sheng looked in front of him, and vaguely saw some firelight in the dark night, he turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Second master, it seems that there is water in front." ”

Feng Qizhou and Feng Qiao were both in their hearts at the same time, how could they walk in a good way in this weather?

Feng Qizhou ordered the two of them to speed up in a deep voice, and as soon as Zuo Yue pulled the reins, the carriage ran quickly, and when they arrived not far from the Feng Mansion, several people saw that the place where the Feng Mansion was located was on fire, and the entire backyard of the Feng Mansion was shrouded in firelight, and the nearby crowd was full of people who were awakened.

Feng Qizhou jumped directly from the carriage, walked quickly to the vicinity, grabbed the subordinate who escaped from the mansion with a dark face, and said sharply: "What's the matter, how can there be a fire?"

"Two, second master?"

After the man turned his head and saw who the person next to him was, he was startled, and when he heard Feng Qizhou's question, he said in a trembling voice: "Small, the villain doesn't know what's going on, when he was awakened, there was already a big fire, and the fire was burning from the third lady's side..."

"What about the Third Lady?"

"I don't know, the third lady and the second son, and the fifth lady are still in the yard..."

Feng Qizhou's face suddenly darkened, and Feng Qiao had already gotten out of the car just now, when he heard that Feng Changyi and Feng Xi were still inside, his heart trembled, and he hissed at the people around him: "Then you don't want to save people quickly, save people!!"

Feng Qiao turned his head to look at Feng Qizhou, his palms trembling.

Feng Qizhou said sharply: "Qingqing stays here, and the others go in to save people!!"

Feng Qizhou rushed into the mansion with Yun Sheng and Zuo Yue, but the fire inside forced them back, and the people who were originally around each wanted to put out the fire with something, but the fire was too big, and when Liao Chuxiu and Wu Rong rushed to the patrol camp with the people of the patrol camp when they heard the news and extinguished the fire, it was already nearly two hours later, and the entire backyard of Feng Mansion had been burned clean by the fire.

"Shizi, four corpses were found inside, there were adults and children, but the fire was too big, and the corpses couldn't be seen clearly..."Jiang Chong said in a low voice.

Feng Qiao looked at the collapsed beams, and the three-room courtyard that was almost invisible, and staggered back a few steps with black eyes, crashing into the warm arms behind her, she trembled her hands, and grabbed Feng Qizhou's sleeves, her fingers were blue and white.

Feng Qizhou pursed his lips tightly, stretched out his hand to hold Feng Qiao's trembling body, and his eyes were full of gloom.

Liao Chuxiu looked at Feng Qiao biting his lip, looked up at Feng Qizhou and said coldly: "In this kind of weather, how can there be a fire in a good manner, not to mention that even if there is a fire, it will not be such a big fire." ”

"Lord Feng just came out of the prison of the Criminal Department, and he wanted to come to the Feng family to see the Song family, and the Feng family was burned clean by the fire, and the three of the Song family's mother and son were also buried in the fire, which is too much of a coincidence. ”

Not to mention......

Liao Chuxiu looked at the several corpses that were found not far away, and his eyes flashed with edge.

He saw Xiao Yuanzhu and Feng Qiao meeting in the Qiyun Mansion that time, and when he noticed the similarity between the eyebrows and eyes of the two, he vaguely noticed that the affairs of the Feng family were afraid that they were related to the royal family, if Feng Yuansu really blocked the Song family, with the ability of the Song family to be just a woman in the back house, if there was no one to help, how could she be able to do those things, and even hide it from Feng Qizhou for so many years?

Now that Feng Yuansu is dead, and the Song family has also been exposed, tonight's fire, it is difficult to guarantee that no one wants to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, kill people and kill people.

Feng Qizhou listened to Liao Chuxiu's words, his expression moved, and he turned his head to look at Zuo Yue and said, "Let people check and see if there is any movement over there tonight." ”

He still remembered Feng Yuansu's words before he died, if this fire really started from man-made, it would definitely have nothing to do with Xiao Yuanzhu!

Feng Qizhou took the trembling Feng Qiao into his arms, looked up at Liao Chuxiu, and then turned around and left, Liao Chuxiu didn't react much to Feng Qizhou's attitude, but remembered Feng Qiao's pale face, and said to Jiang Chong: "Go and ask the people who are monitoring the Liu family and the Wen family, see if they have any changes tonight." ”

Wu Rong had been following him, and was lamenting the Feng family's bad luck, when the family was all dead, after hearing Liao Chuxiu's words, he turned his head and said: "The Liu family and gentleness have something to do with this matter? They and the Feng family, there should be no enmity, right?"

Liao Chuxiu looked at the collapsed Feng Mansion and said expressionlessly: "They really have no enmity with the Feng family, but they have something to do with Xiao Yuanzhu. ”

Wu Rong squinted slightly: "You mean, the Eighth Prince is ambitious?"

Liao Chuxiu didn't reply when he heard this, he didn't know if Xiao Yuanzhu had ambitions, he only knew that that person was by no means a good person, and he had been investigating the secrets of the Liu family and the Wen family, but when he found Xiao Yuanzhu, he cut off the clues.

The looks of Feng Qiao and Xiao Yuanzhu, the tokens of the first emperor, the undercurrent of the Wen family and the Liu family, the death of his father...

He vaguely felt that the truth was right in front of him, and the secret hidden by the Wen Liu family was the answer he wanted!

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Note (1): From "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix"