Chapter 118: Life is better than death
"General, Leng Yi said, at most, tomorrow, he will ask everything that should be asked. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Shao Mingyuan nodded and instructed Shao Zhi: "Transfer four more guards into the mansion and guard the place where I live in shifts, and whoever comes in again in the future will be thrown out." β
Shao Zhi felt a little uncomfortable for the general when he heard this, and immediately responded.
Without waiting for the next day, Shao Zhi brought the news of Steward Shen's confession.
"General, the eight lambs have been recruited!"
"Say it. β
Shao Zhi hesitated.
He couldn't bear to say.
Shao Mingyuan smiled lightly: "Say it, I can probably guess it." β
An inexplicable sadness welled up in Shao Zhi's heart, and he opened his mouth, as if there was a thousand catties of heavy burden pressing on his heart, which made his voice astringent: "I found a person named Xie Wu, who was once from the Northern Expeditionary Army, and was injured three years ago and withdrew from the army and returned to the capital. Xie Wu is Steward Shen's cousin, and it was Steward Shen who single-handedly handled the entry into the barracks back then. He was one of the guards of the Hou Mansion who escorted his wife to the Northlands this time, and it was he who went back from the Devil's Cry Forest through the mountainside in the name of hunting, and came into contact with the Tartars over thereβ"
Speaking of this, Shao Zhi glanced at Shao Mingyuan cautiously: "General-"
"Steward Shen confessed to the behind-the-scenes instructions?"
Shao Zhi was silent.
Shao Mingyuan waited quietly, and didn't wait for Shao Zhi's reply, so he smiled lightly: "I understand." β
He tilted his head, coughed, covered it with his hand, and then turned around: "Go on, where is that Xie Wu now-"
Shao Zhi was already shocked: "General!"
"What's wrong?" Shao Mingyuan's eyebrows were faint.
Shao Zhi's eyes widened, but the eyes of the man who was accustomed to seeing the rain of guns and arrows were red, and he restrained himself so that he did not cry, trembling his lips and stretching out his hand: "General, you ...... You rub, you bleed......"
Bleed?
Shao Mingyuan lowered his eyes and glanced at the palm of his hand.
The knobly jointed fingers, the thick calloused palms, and the shocking red color on them.
Shao Zhi knelt down with a thud, and at this moment, the iron-blooded man burst into tears: "General, your subordinates know that you feel uncomfortable, but please don't do this to yourself! We need you, and the people of Daliang also need you!"
Shao Mingyuan took out a snow-white square towel and wiped the corners of his mouth, kicked Shao Zhi lightly, and said lightly: "Get up, the big man is crying like this, is it a shame?"
"The subordinates don't care, the subordinates are not afraid of being embarrassed, the subordinates only hope that the general can cherish themselves!"
"I'm fine, I'm just in a hurry. Hehe, I haven't suffered any injuries in the past, and I haven't seen you look like this!"
"I-" Shao Zhi opened his mouth, unable to utter a word.
Can that be the same?
But what can he say at this moment?
Let the general cut that damn behind the scenes? No, that's the general's mother!
"Get down to business. What about Xie Wuren?"
Shao Zhi simply lowered his head and didn't look at Shao Mingyuan's appearance, and said in a low voice: "Steward Shen confessed, and after returning to the capital, he sent Xie Wu out to hide." The subordinates have already sent someone to find Xie Wu, and ask the general for instructions, what should Steward Shen do?"
"Let him go back. β
Shao Zhi looked up suddenly: "Put it back?"
Shao Mingyuan bowed his head slightly.
"General, this is too cheap that bastard, we can't deal with the behind-the-scenes mastermind, can't we clean up that bastard?" Shao Zhi hurriedly finished speaking, and regretted his words.
Since the general said so, he did so, why did he still talk nonsense and poke the general's heart, he was really confused!
"Shao Zhi, I mean, let him go back and be his Shen manager. β
"Generalβ" Shao Zhi listened even more confused.
"You let Leng Yi tell him that Hao Shengsheng will go back to be his steward, if he arouses anyone's suspicion and can't be in charge, then his life is not necessary. β
This time, Shao Zhi completely understood, and his gaze at Shao Mingyuan was even more reverent, and he hugged his fists and said, "Take your life!"
The general is really still the wise and brave general in his heart, even if he is so sad, he can still make the most advantageous choice.
For the time being, if you don't move Steward Shen, and have the great handle of Steward Shen, it is tantamount to controlling most of the movements of the Hou Mansion from now on.
"Go, when Xie Wu is found, collect all the evidence and physical evidence, control it for me, and then check everything Xie Wu has had since he was a child. β
Even if the mastermind behind the scenes is from a close relative, how can such a person be selected just right?
Shao Zhi led the order to go out, Shao Mingyuan poured a glass of warm water for himself, drank it slowly, and washed away the bloody taste in his mouth. Then he sat down against the wall and closed his eyes.
Mother She ...... Do you want him dead?
If what she wants is his life, why harm others!
Oh no, it wasn't someone else, it was his Shao Mingyuan's wife.
Shao Mingyuan closed his eyes, and the bright moonlight poured in through the carved window and cast it on his face, reflecting that face whiter than the snow on the Alan Mountain in the Northland.
He suddenly thought through it, and couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.
It turned out that what his mother wanted was that he might as well live as dead.
What a cruel truth.
There was a surge of qi and blood, Shao Mingyuan reached out and pressed his heart, and lowered the churning qi and blood pressure.
For a moment, he wanted to ask questions desperately, but finally suppressed the thought.
What if you ask questions?
He couldn't aim his sword at his mother, maybe he would be happier with a single sword.
Shao Mingyuan lowered his head, put his hands in his hair, and the coldness hit, from the inside out, cold.
The weather gradually got hotter, and in Qiao Zhao's secret anticipation, it was finally the day of her funeral.
Oh, it seems strange to think that way.
Whenever Qiao Zhao thought of this, he couldn't help but smile, secretly laughing at himself for getting bigger and bigger.
On this day, she got up early in the morning, her white face was not painted anything, she was wearing a duck egg green shirt, a white skirt, no decoration on her body, only a pair of white pearl earrings.
After asking Mrs. Deng to say goodbye, Qiao Zhao said: "Grandmother, tomorrow is the day to go to Shuying Nunnery, I want to go to the pen and ink shop to see if there is a suitable pen and ink to buy and give to Mrs. Shi, and thank Mrs. Shi for her guidance to me these days." β
"I heard that all the things used by Mrs. Wumei are provided by the royal family, and if the third sister wants to give Mrs. Wu a gift, it is better to think about it carefully. Li Jiao seemed to be considerate and reminded him, but he hated Qiao Zhao even more in his heart.
These days, the Dongfu Girls' School has been stopped, and the Girls' School was originally for the second girl, and now Li Jiao is not leaving home, and she has the meaning of quitting the Beijing Ladies Circle, and of course the Dongfu is not interested in running a girls' school.
Speaking of which, this is all Li San's harm, if it weren't for Li San making her second sister make a fool of herself one after another, why wouldn't she be in school now?
It's not fair that the people who deserve the most lessons are now triumphant!
"I just need to be dedicated, I don't need to think about it. Qiao Zhao said lightly.
Old Madam Deng nodded: "Your third sister is right, you don't need to deliberately please that teacher, it's enough to be dedicated." Zhaozhao, go, go early and come back early. β
Li Jiao sneered in her heart, but she smiled gently: "Grandmother, I'll go with the third sister, it just so happens that I also want to buy some notepads." β