In the cell.

“…… I...... I recruited ......"

Chu Yan paused for a moment with his hand holding the tea. She looked up from the tea bowl, smiled at the cell boss, who was sweating profusely from the torture of the prisoners, put down the tea bowl and said, "The cell boss has worked hard. ”

"It is the honor of the villain to serve the county lord."

Ignoring the cell boss, Chu Yan walked up to the prisoner who had been tortured and only half a breath left, and said, "Is it Liu Ji Liu Yuancheng, the son of General Yangwei General Liu, who sent you?" ”

“…… Be...... Ahem......"

"What did Liu Yuancheng send you to do?"

“…… Assassination...... Assassinate the Lord of the County...... Destroy...... Ruined ...... marriage"

"How did you get the weapons and ambush them?"

“…… Willow...... Period...... Give us ...... Quiet...... Arrangement...... ......"

"That's not right!" Chu Yan snorted coldly, "The second lady Liu Yuancheng is looking for in private, and the second lady is instructed by him!" The conspirator is also Gongzi Yan! ”

“…… Be...... Liu Ji ...... and the second husband...... Person...... Mother...... Mother...... Collusion...... Desire...... Kill the county lord...... Eradicate...... Flower...... Huafu ......"

"Huh." Chu Yan bowed his head and said, "Okay, sign and draw for him." ”

The cell boss did as he was told, and asked the prisoner to sign and draw the charge.

After the interrogation of the prisoners, Chu Yan didn't want to stay in such a place for long, so she turned around to leave, and the cell head followed behind her.

"Lord County, these two are still alive?" In the first half of the night, one had already been tortured to death.

"Kill it." Chu Yan lifted her skirt and walked up the steps, but she ran into Hua An, who had been standing at the door for an unknown amount of time with a calm face.

"What are you! Dare to trespass on the prison! The cell boss exclaimed, "Someone—"

"It's none of your business here." Chu Yan raised his hand and stopped the jailers who were about to make a move, "Go down." ”

The cell boss took the order and retreated.

Chu Yan walked up to Hua An, squinted his eyes, and said in a displeased tone as always: "Flower Crow, what are you doing here?" ”

"Chu Zhongci, the county lord of Anhe." Hua An looked at Chu Yan and said with a smile, "You really don't compromise on your means." ”

"Snort." Chu Yan smiled indifferently and walked out, "What's wrong with me?" ”

"You tortured you to extract a confession, and you made a false confession. A man who claims to be a benevolent gentleman is so cruel and bloody that he even does not hesitate to blame his own Captain of the Gunma in order to solve the trouble of the marriage contract - oh no, the future Captain of the Gunma. Hua An ridiculed her, "Is this what you call the ideal of 'disobeying the mandate of heaven and wanting to fight with heaven'?" When you are full of resentment and lashing out at those cool and corrupt officials, have you ever thought that you are doing the same despicable deeds as them? ”

"Flower Crow," Chu Yan stopped and looked back at her, "I did all this involuntarily. I will not let anyone else control my life, even His Majesty, my father, or even the people of the world. ”

"If these things I do are really against the way of heaven, then let heaven take me." She sneered and spat out the words slowly and firmly.

"Chu Zhongci, when you don't leave anyone to live, you should also think about your future fate." Hua An flicked his sleeves, didn't bother to say to Chu Yan again, and left first.

Chu Yan looked at Hua An's back, looked up at the rising sun, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and sighed softly: "This is another new day, the future is still very long, I may not lose." ”

Huafu was besieged by unknown assassins, and the eldest lady and the second lady were both killed on the spot. Hua Junhou was furious, and ordered Taishou to find out the truth and return the two ladies to innocence. And a reward, if there is a clue to provide information, you can come to Huafu to receive a thousand taels of silver. And Chu Yan, the county lord of Anhe, who was a guest in Huafu, personally went to the prison to interrogate the key criminals, claiming that he wanted to seek justice for the sake of Huafu.

When Hua Xun returned home, the mourning hall of Hua Fu had already been arranged. The Hou Mansion Changshi and the Hua Jun Hou were discussing things in the lobby, and the coffin was placed on the east hall. Hua Xun entered the door, and Du Juan and Aunt Ci came to greet her with strong spirits, especially Aunt Ci, who had served her for a period of time when she was young, her eyes were very red, but she didn't know how sincere these tears were.

The white silk cloth and the white flowers and white paper were all spread, and the tears that Hua Xun had stopped were hooked again.

In the end, Huadu is an outsider, and it is not good to comfort anything in front of everyone.

"Is the young lady going to wash and bathe first, or is she going to see the prince?" The cuckoo saluted Hua Xun and Hua Du and asked.

Hua Xun's eyes were hot, his nose was sour, and he choked up: "No need." Did you find Hua Yan? "She's most concerned about it.

"This ......" the cuckoo and the aunt looked at each other, and no one answered.

"Are you back?" Hua Xun is such a smart person, and when he looks at this, he knows that Hua Yan must have been recovered. But Du Juan and Aunt Ci refused to answer, for fear that Hua Yan's return would not be as she imagined, "He is in Dongtang? ”

"Yes." The two replied.

Hua Xun was angry, pushed the two away, and regardless of the two of them, he rushed to the east hall angrily. Seeing Hua Xun's posture of looking for Hua Yan to settle accounts, Du Juan hurriedly gave Aunt Ci a look and asked her to call the prince to come over. Hua Du was not annoyed that she was left out in the cold, but she was worried that Hua Xun had hatred in her heart at this time and would lose her mind, so she followed Hua Xun to the East Hall.

The east hall was white. White silk, white cloth, white lanterns, and all the funeral things were prepared. The two attendants at the bottom of the steps were also wearing white filial piety clothes, with white strips of cloth on their foreheads, and they saw Hua Xun coming over with a cold face from a distance, thinking that there was a little master in the east hall, and one of them wanted to run in to report, but heard a cold shout: "Stop me!" ”

The attendant knelt down in fright and said, "Master." ”

Hua Xun had wind on the soles of his feet, directly skipped the two of them, and went up the steps into the east hall in three steps and two steps. Before entering the door, I saw Hua Yan bending over and hurriedly trying to hide, as if she was afraid of her, but when she saw that she had seen herself, she straightened up again, trembled and retreated back, and said, "Ah...... Sister ......"

Hua Xun strode forward, grabbed Hua Yan's neckline, kicked him the calf, and said angrily: "Hua Yan, you dare to come back!" ”

Hua Yan is only twelve years old, and he is a weak teenager, he is pampered on weekdays, and he has never even gone to the flower field. was directly kicked to his knees, and grabbed Hua Xun's clothes in horror and begged for mercy: "Sister spare your life!" Sister spare her life! ”

"Spare your life?!" Hua Xun held down his hand, shook it off, raised his foot and kicked him over, and laughed angrily, "When you wanted to kill me, did you ever think of sparing my life?" ”

Hua Yan was so frightened that she kept retreating, crawling on the ground, crying down, and screaming, "I don't dare...... Sister is wronged! Sister wronged! ”

Hua Xun was even more furious, clenching his fists and raising his hand to grab Hua Yan and beat him. Suddenly, a hand grabbed her wrist, Hua Xun looked back and glared, but saw that the person was Hua Du, and immediately lost most of his anger, but he was dissatisfied: "Why did you stop me?!" He killed my mother! ”

"I ...... I didn't ......" Hua Yan hid aside, shivering, and staring at Hua Xun in fear.

"He hasn't been convicted yet." Hua Du glanced at Hua Yan lightly, shook his head and said.

"Didn't you see the second lady with a bow and arrow against us?!" Hua Xun said incrediblely.

"Rebel!" Outside the door, Hua Junhou's angry rebuke came, and then Hua Junhou came in with Changshi and Du Zhong.

When Hua Xun saw Hua Junhou, he was very aggrieved and wanted to cry, but he held back, tears rolled in his eyes, and he was pitiful. She bowed in a trembling voice and said, "Erchen has seen my father. ”

"Ask Tang." Hua Junhou looked at her with pity, his face haggard, "Get up." It's because your father is not good, and he failed to protect you and your mother well, so that you suffered so much. ”

"Father......" Hua Xun had a sour nose and bit his lip, not knowing what to say.

"Father, help! Sister, she's going to kill me! Father, help! When Hua Yan saw Hua Junhou coming, she quickly knelt down and climbed to the feet of Hua Junhou, begging for mercy, "Ah Zhi doesn't know what is wrong with me, Ah Zhi has to kill me......"

"Rebel!" Hua Junhou didn't throw off Hua Yan, but said angrily, "Don't you quickly admit your sister's mistakes and make amends!" ”

Hua Du looked at Hua Junhou's pretentious appearance, her eyes were cold, but she didn't speak, just stood quietly.

"Father, he conspired with the second lady to kill his mother, you-" Hua Xun looked at Hua Junhou and Hua Yan incredulously. She was halfway through her words, and suddenly understood why Hua Yan was here, and Hua Junhou only rushed over now. This is not Hua Yan secretly running back by himself at all, Hua Junhou has long known that Hua Yan is here, not only does he know, but he also has no intention of asking Hua Yan about it.

"Sister ......" Hua Yan cried sadly, "I know that Sister Ah has not liked Ah Zhi since she was a child, but how dare Ah Zhi kill the eldest lady?" Sister, I didn't ...... What I didn't do, sister, don't wronged me......"

Hua Xun's face turned pale, and he could barely stand firm by holding on to the table. She trembled and said, "Father, Ah Zhihe...... It's ...... him."

"Ask Tang," Hua Junhou shook his head and sighed, "I have already asked Ah Zhi, this matter is his mother alone, and it has nothing to do with him." He was completely unaware and was just kept in the dark. I know you don't like Ah Zhi, but this matter is very important, and it is definitely not what you think. Ah Zhi is twelve years old, and he doesn't dare to do such a thing if he has the courage to do it. You misunderstood him......"

Hua Xun looked at Hua Yan looking at her in horror, and seemed to be very afraid of her. Wenwen is a weak young man, with red lips and white teeth, crying so much that pear blossoms bring rain. At this time, he was still young and ignorant, how could he do such an appalling thing? Besides, even if Hua Yan dared, it was impossible to mobilize those archers and transfer the attendants in the mansion.

But......

No, but. She saw that Hua Junhou's face was full of strictness.

She suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and this qiē came too suddenly, without warning, and she didn't know why things had developed to such a point. She glanced desperately at Hua Junhou's expression, and Hua Yan's crying grief face, and finally froze in Hua Du's eyes full of deep worry, her eyes darkened, her body softened, and she lost control and fell into a soft embrace.