Chapter 367: The Real Murderer
By the time Zhao Mo finished eating all the side dishes on the table, it was already the second watch.
Niu came back from the West Courtyard and learned that Zhao Mo hadn't left yet, so he hurriedly came to speak.
She felt a little sorry for her grandson-in-law: "Are you full? Do you want to ask the kitchen to make another bowl of noodle soup? Don't be polite to your grandmother." If you are out running errands during the day, you must not have a good lunch to eat, and dinner will not be solved until this time, and you will already be hungry. Your own ancestors and fathers don't know how to be respected, how can they support you as a half-grown child to run errands, but they won't even give you a bowl of rice to eat? Is it that the Liao Wangfu is so poor? No wonder you are not close to them. With such unkind elders, who wants to kiss them?!"
Zhao Mo smiled well-behaved: "Grandmother, don't worry, in fact, I have eaten dry food for lunch, and I am not hungry." Just after this big bowl of noodle soup, plus side dishes, it is already full enough, and it is easy to accumulate food if you eat it again. I grew up in front of my grandmother, so what should I be polite to you, and if I feel like I still want to eat, I don't have to wait for you to come back, so I will speak to my cousin first. As for the prince and my father...... Actually, they were just negligent for a while, and I didn't really like to eat their two meals. I grew up in your family, and what I used to eat was the taste of the Qin family. β
Niu was coaxed to be happy: "If you like it, if you don't go home to eat in the future, you can come to our house for dinner, but it's just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks." Don't say that you are our grandson-in-law, you are not an outsider, even if you are not married to the third girl, you are also the child of our husband and wife who grew up, they all call me uncle and grandmother, so naturally there is no need to be outsider. β
Zhao Mo smiled: "Of course I won't be outside, I was originally your grandson-in-law." He glanced at Qin Hanzhen, Qin Hanzhen slapped him back, and did not speak with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Zhao Mo turned his head again as if nothing had happened, and continued to talk to the Niu family: "I heard that my grandfather has drunk too much today?
"Isn't it?" Niu sighed, "In the past, he accompanied the emperor to dinner in the palace, and it was not that he had never drunk, but now, somehow, he actually drank too much." Fortunately, when he left the palace, he was quite sober and had never made a fool of himself in front of nobles. Listening to the little father-in-law who sent him back, the emperor also drank a little too much. The two uncles didn't know what they were happy about, and they didn't have any restraint when they started drinking. β
Zhao Mo thought to himself, if he drank too much, in addition to encountering happy things, he might also encounter unhappy things. I don't know what kind of emperor he encountered. Today, a large number of Beirong secret spies were arrested, but they escaped the most important three, shouldn't the emperor drink a bar for this matter?
Zhao Mo didn't follow Niu's tone to discuss this topic, but said: "The wine in the palace is all good wine, but when Ming'er's grandfather gets up, grandmother still has to persuade him to take some hangover soup." If you drink too much alcohol, if the wine does not escape, it is not good for the body. β
Niu said: "Don't worry, I have a number." Good boy, you have a heart, too. She looked out the window at the sky, "It's getting late, let's go home." It's so late, don't always be busy with your homework or something, go to bed early, and it's never too late to get up tomorrow to do something. β
Zhao Mo responded with a smile, and glanced at Qin Hanzhen again: "How about my cousin give me a ride? When I got to the garden gate, my cousin just went back to her own yard, and I went out of the garden by myself. β
Because he added the latter sentence, Niu didn't embarrass it at all, and agreed for Qin Hanzhen. At night, she wouldn't let her granddaughter walk at night in the dark garden, but Zhao Mo sent Qin Hanzhen back to the hospital, of course, it was a good thing. She also instructed Zhao Mo: "Be careful when you walk at night, don't fall." "I also ordered Lily to take a glass lamp to Zhao Mo to carry, and the road is so bright.
Zhao Mo carried a glass lamp, walked out of the side door side by side with Qin Hanzhen, and turned to the sandwich road leading to the garden. Feng'er lagged behind, and also carried a dead wind lamp in her hand.
The night was windy and the weather was even colder, Qin Hanzhen suspected that it might snow tomorrow. Although he was wearing a thick cloak and his hands were covered with fur-studded embroidered hands, Qin Hanzhen still couldn't open his mouth and keep talking, and when he opened his mouth, the cold wind was about to pour into his mouth. Therefore, Zhao Mo held the lamp in one hand, reached over casually with the other, and held her elbow, she did not dodge, but pulled one hand out of the warm hand cover and held his hand instead. It's a little cold, but it's okay, it's warm in a while.
Zhao Mo raised his eyes and looked over, a smile appeared on his face, and under the bright light, it seemed to be a little distorted.
Qin Hanzhen turned his face away, pretending to be flashed by the light of the lantern, not looking at him, only staring at the road under his feet with his eyes.
Both of them were silent, and the cold wind was blowing in their faces, and it was inconvenient for them to speak. I finally came to the garden gate, and I had a sheltered place from the wind. However, when Qin Hanzhen walked here, he was about to turn around and go to his own courtyard, and he couldn't get along with Zhao Mo for a while.
She hesitated, reluctant to say goodbye to Zhao Mo right away, so she casually found a topic: "You...... When you escorted Lan Xue to the car today, did you let your third brother see it? Does he know what happened to his biological mother? He won't resent you, right?"
Zhao Mo casually stuffed the glass lantern to Feng'er, who was following behind, then shook Qin Hanzhen's hand, and stuffed it back into his hand cover, before he smiled at Qin Hanzhen: "You don't have to worry about this." Early this morning, I expected to go to my father's place and bring Lan Xue over, so I sent someone to take Brother Qi to the other courtyard early, and now he lives in that small courtyard. Father...... It seems that I don't plan to keep him with me for the time being, so let him stay with me for a while. What happens in the future depends on the divine will. He also suffered when he stayed with my father. Why wait until Lan Xue's case is over before my father decides whether to continue to keep this son by his side to support. Although I think that Brother Qi may be more comfortable living with me. β
At the very least, he didn't have to face the cruel truth that his once-loving father suddenly showed contempt for him.
Qin Hanzhen thought about it, pulled out his hands, and then handed his hands to Zhao Mo: "You take it, it's colder in the garden than elsewhere, and the wind is strong." You still have a long way to go, but I'm going to be there soon. β
Zhao Mo hesitated for a moment and accepted with a smile: "I'll give it back to you tomorrow." "This is a hand cover inlaid with gray squirrel hair lake color embroidered satin, the discerning person knows at a glance that it is a boudoir in the boudoir, and it will be used at night, but it is inconvenient to stay and make it himself, it is a pity. At first glance, you can see that it is the needlework of the fiancΓ©e.
Qin Hanzhen pursed his lips and smiled, and said to him again: "Since you have taken Brother Qi behind, remember to arrange a few more people to follow him." The few Beirong people who escaped, I don't know if they will target him, you should be more careful in the end. Also, you have to be cautious yourself, don't run around alone, even if you only bring two or three followers, don't rely on your own skills, and be blindly confident. The Beirong people are not only enemies, but also outlaws, and they probably want to kill a few more Jokhang clans, not to mention that you have directly damaged their calculations, and the people who captured them have already become a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh. Beware of them jumping off the wall. β
Zhao Mo smiled: "I know, I will bring a few more guards when I go out in the future." Even now, I have already ordered people to wait in the alley outside the side door of your house. I have ordered someone to clean up that alley, except for the people of Sanfu, no idle people are allowed to pass by, and they will not be exploited by the Beirong people. β
Qin Hanzhen's face was slightly red: "That's okay." Don't be too long-winded with me, go back and go to bed early. β
Zhao Mo squeezed her hand again: "That...... I'll be gone. You also go to bed early. After a pause, "Maybe you'll see me in your dreams!"
Qin Hanzhen took a bite at him, shook him off and left. Feng'er hurriedly followed, and when she passed by Zhao Mo's side, she stuffed the glass lantern back, and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Is it really enough, okay? The king of Suning County is really getting thicker and thicker now, why are you embarrassed to say these meaty words?!
Zhao Mo smiled and said nothing, and watched their master and servant enter the courtyard gate, before he carried the lamp and walked into a dark garden. When he is gone, the mother-in-law who cares for the garden will close the door and go to sleep.
Nothing happened overnight.
The next day, there was a major "progress" in the murder case of the second son of King Liao.
After careful reconnaissance and investigation by the officials of Shuntianfu and the arrester, they finally discovered that the identities of several so-called witnesses in another private room on the second floor that day were suspicious, and they turned out to be a group of Jiangyang thieves, who had come to the capital to commit crimes, and had stolen a lot of silver. Now that the person has been arrested, and he has also confessed to the facts and process of the killing, the murder charge of Zhao Li, the second son of the King of Liao, can finally be washed away.
But on his guard's side, the case was a bit troublesome.
Shuntianfu originally combined the two cases into one case, but now it is found that there are many incriminating evidence of the Liao Wangfu in the landlord's house, and it is pointed out that many generals under the jurisdiction of the Liao King have sold military rations privately and embezzled military funds, so this case has become independent from the restaurant murder case. Although the guards of the Liao Palace's mansion repeatedly claimed that they did not kill the people, they were armed with sharp weapons, and entered the house viciously, and had previously claimed in front of people that their master was going to teach some people a hard lesson, and the owner of the house had just died, and no one could prove that the people died before the guards entered the door, but the scene looked more like they had just killed people. There is a motive, a murder weapon, and there have been cruel remarks in advance, and the "Lan Dafu" they claim to be the real murderer is said to have been nowhere to be found. Suncheonfu said they felt the guards were more suspicious of the attack.
The difference is only whether they are acting on orders or making their own decisions.
The case has been tried here, even if the guards are shouting injustice, the step-concubine of the king of Liao can no longer stay at home and cry. She quickly sent someone to visit the prison, suggesting that the guards confessed to the charges and that they were just making their own claims. She didn't want Zhao Li to be wronged again, so she was only determined to let her eldest son get out of the prison of Zongren Mansion as soon as possible. A few subordinates can help Zhao Li take the blame, it is their honor, what is there to hesitate about?