"Dad, this criminal department and Dali Temple are obviously deceiving me, and there is no one in the Zhou family! What a little guy is a murderer, it's ridiculous! ”

In the study, Zhou Jiangyan also stood up angrily, thinking of the eldest son who died tragically, and then thinking that he couldn't even find the murderer now, tears fell for a while, and he was full of humiliation.

Zhou Dingxing sat behind the bookcase, his hands were also clenched into fists, his eyes were closed, he gasped slightly, and his heart was also unstable.

He sighed halfway through the ring and said, "Sit down, didn't you expect this result a long time ago." Rui'er's matter involves the Mansion of Prince Li and Prince Yi, and the Criminal Department and Dali Temple can find out what the origin is, but it is just for show, just find someone who is blackened, and just pay the difference in front of the emperor. ”

Zhou Jiangyan clenched his fist and smashed it on the armrest, and then said, "Could it be that my Zhou family has suffered this loss?" Dad, this is the revenge of killing a son, and the son is only such a son-in-law! ”

Zhou Dingxing's face also became gloomy, and he said: "The father of the criminal department has seen it, Rui'er was indeed poisoned after getting on the boat, and then died of poisoning. At that time, Rui'er was rescued from the lake, and in addition to our Zhou family on the boat, only the little servants of Prince Yi's Mansion approached Rui'er. Naturally, ordinary little guys can't blatantly poison Rui'er in front of us, but if there is a little guy pretending to be a secret guard of the Righteous Prince's Mansion there, it's not easy?! ”

Zhou Jiangyan said: "Dad is saying that Rui'er was indeed killed by Prince Yi's Mansion?" ”

Zhou Dingxing nodded, rubbed his aching eyes, and said, "Dad asked people to check, that Shen Qing really doesn't know martial arts, and he is very weak." What Rui'er's martial arts are, you should be clear, if Rui'er was injured by that Shen Qing, Dad thinks it's impossible. What's more, he is dressed in white, how dare he hurt Rui'er? If he really has that guts, how can he ask Lou Shizi to give him false testimony afterwards? And he is not very old, if he really hurt Rui'er, can he still not show a little horse's feet, and when he is interrogated in front of people, there is no mistake in his expression, how deep does this city government be? Dad thinks that he knows countless people, but although Shen Qing has some extraordinary bearing, he doesn't look like an old and spicy person. ”

After he spoke, his eyes narrowed, and he said: "That day in Xianyue Tower, Sister Qiu and that Shen Qing had an unpleasant quarrel, and they also got involved with King Yan Guang, and later that Shen Qing entered Prince Li's Mansion, these are not secret things, after Prince Yi's Mansion learned about it, he arranged today's affairs, but it may not be said." Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental, then Shen Qing and Rui'er met in a place like the middle of the lake, and the ten ** were deliberately arranged and calculated by Prince Yi's mansion. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Jiangyan suddenly got up, took two steps, and his thoughts became clearer, and said, "Not bad!" Indeed it is! Prince Li's Mansion and King Yanguang have just made meritorious contributions, Prince Yi can't sit still, I am afraid that Prince Li's Mansion will become more and more powerful, and he will overpower Prince Yi's Mansion too much, so he will move his mind to our Zhou Mansion. Kill Rui'er, so that we and Prince Li's Mansion will fight to the death, and Prince Yi's Mansion can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. What's more, the emperor now reuses his father, but the wife of Lord Xu in the cabinet, Gao, is from the same family as Prince Yi's princess, and Prince Yi has always supported Xu Ge's promotion to the first assistant. The Zhou family and Prince Li's Mansion carried it, and when the Prince of Yi's Mansion was down, it was good to take advantage of the situation to push the old Xu Ge to the throne. It's really a good calculation! ”

Zhou Dingxing also had a bad complexion, a pair of shrewd old eyes were gloomy, and he immediately said: "This revenge will be remembered by my Zhou family, and it will be reported back one day!" ”

"Old lady, Young Master Cousin has returned from Cangzhou Mansion! Now I am going to the front hall to worship the eldest young master, and I will come to the study immediately. The official Zhou Yue knocked on the door and reported.

The young master in his mouth is Zhou Dingxing's wife, Xiao's nephew, nephew, and grandson, who was orphaned since he was a child, and was taken to the Zhou family and raised by Xiao's side.

Later, Zhou Dingxing saw that his roots were good, so he invited him to practice martial arts in the martial arts mansion, and when he grew up, he was always used by the Zhou family's father and son, and often sent him to do hidden things in the next Zhou's private affairs.

Zhou Dingxing's face was slightly shocked when he heard this, and said, "Okay, when the young master worships Rui'er, hurry up and let him come to see me." ”

After a while, a young man wearing a dark shirt and pants and looking at the age of a weak crown walked in quickly. He looked handsome and angry, and when he entered the study, he didn't have time to salute, so he said: "Uncle, what the hell is going on, how could he be harmed by someone!?" Who the hell did it! ”

Zhou Dingxing's face turned pale when he heard this, and he sighed, Zhou Jiangyan was already in tears again, and said: "Jiang'er, you just trekked back, and you don't know what it is, it's really hard to explain." Rui'er has always been close to you like a brother, and now that he is gone, you ...... You can rush back at this time to give him a ride, it can be regarded as a brotherhood, and he must be relieved that he is under Jiuquan. ”

Hearing Zhou Jiangyan say this, the young master Xiao Nanjiang was even more sad and indignant, and before he could ask more, Zhou Dingxing said: "Rui'er's matter will be talked about later, how did you go to Cangzhou Mansion this time?" ”

Xiao Nanjiang slightly suppressed the grief and indignation on his face, showed a cold and ruthless look, and said: "Jiang'er is doing things, isn't my uncle still at ease." 一 qiē顺lì. ”

As he spoke, he untied a long box from the burden behind his back and put it on the bookcase, gave it to Zhou Dingxing, and said: "This is what I cut off from the corpse, and I was chilled all the way, but because Cangzhou is far away from the capital, Rao is all the way back quickly, and it already smells rancid. ”

Zhou Dingxing had a smile on his face when he heard this, he picked up the cold box, and saw that what was in it was a right hand that had been cut off from a person's body, and there was a bad smell coming out of the box when the box was opened, but Zhou Dingxing didn't mind.

He raised his hand, Zhou Jiangyan took a piece of leather gloves and handed it to Zhou Dingxing, Zhou Dingxing took the gloves on his hand, then took out the severed hand from the box, looked through it, and saw that there was a small black mole between the thumb and index finger of the severed hand, so he nodded and said, "You did a good job, the corpse has been disposed of?" ”

Xiao Nanjiang arched his hand and said: "I will take off this severed palm, and I will burn the corpse."

This severed palm burned the corpse with a fire, and there would be no mistakes, so my aunt and grandfather could rest assured. ”

Zhou Dingxing closed the lid and said, "Okay, this matter is done well, you have worked hard this time, so let's go down and rest first." Rui'er's business, it's not too late to talk about it when you're rested, go, your aunt and grandmother are also looking forward to your return, go to see you earlier, she is sad because of Rui'er's death, you accompany your aunt and grandmother more. ”

Xiao Nanjiang respectfully agreed, and then turned around and retreated.

Zhou Dingxing instructed Zhou Jiangyan again, "Go and let Jin Quan come over." ”

Zhou Jiangyan personally went out, and then entered the house followed by a man who was over half a hundred years old, looking at a bookish man, who was wearing a dark green brocade round-necked scribe's robe, with a scarf wrapped around his head, and stepped forward to greet Zhou Dingxing.

Zhou Dingxing pushed the box over and said, "This is what the young master just brought back from Cangzhou, if you distinguish it carefully, this is Gu Xianzhen's broken palm." ”

Hearing this, Jin Quan stepped forward, took a closer look, and said with a smile: "I have been a guest in the Gu family for more than ten years, and I have seen Master Gu many times, and he does have this birthmark on his right hand, and this severed palm should be his." ”

Zhou Jiangyan looked happy and said, "Father, although Jiang'er is a little impatient, she has always done things properly, and she can't be wrong." In this way, let's wait to arrange someone to go to Quanfeng to redeem it as soon as possible, I'm afraid that even if this broken palm is chilled, it won't be able to be put away for two days. ”

Zhou Dingxing nodded, looked at Jin Quan again, and said, "Brother Jin, can you be sure that the ransom is indeed going to Gu Xianzhen in person, and you still need to press the handprint on the spot?" As he spoke, he raised his hand from Jin Quan and motioned for him to sit down.

Jin Quan was led by Zhou Jiangyan to sit, and then he stared and said: "When I was in the Gu family, I was also appreciated by the old lady Gu, when the Gu family was about to have an accident, I did overhear the old lady Gu and the old man Gu saying that they would go to Quanfeng to redeem or something, and they also said that they had to see someone to check the handprints on the spot, because they didn't dare to get too close, they heard it very vaguely, and it was not real." However, the Gu family was still the first assistant family at that time, the old lady Gu was extremely powerful, and the Gu family was also wealthy, so it was impossible to be something in Quanfeng, this thing was strange everywhere. Since those things were not found in the Gu family when they raided the house, if there is a place next to it, I can guess that there is only one place in Quanfeng. ”

"Dad, my son has worked hard to find someone who looks like Gu Xianzhen, and it is easy to find such a person, and now everything is ready, so I have to give it a try." Zhou Jiangyan also spoke.

Zhou Dingxing nodded and said, "Okay, let's go tomorrow, let that Wang Lu take this severed palm to the Quanfeng for a trip, remember to be careful." ”

In the inner house of the Zhou family, after Xiao Nanjiang went to see the old lady Xiao of Zhou, he came out of Songhe Courtyard and did not go to the courtyard where he lived in the outer courtyard, but went to the Tongxin Courtyard where Zhou Qingqiu lived.

Before he reached the Tongxin Courtyard, he heard a few women's cries faintly, he frowned, and saw a maid wearing a blue bikini squatting under a rockery, covering her face and crying sadly.

He took a closer look, and the maid was not Zhou Qingqiu's close-fitting big maid mint. Unexpectedly, he hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "Mint, you don't serve your cousin, why are you crying here?!" ”

Mint turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw that Xiao Nanjiang was stunned, and hurriedly wiped his tears and stood up, blessed his body, and said: "Young Master Cousin, you can be regarded as back, you can go and see our girl, the girl hasn't eaten much for several days, and she is still crying and shouting, not that she killed the eldest young master, and wants to wipe her neck and go to Huangquan Road to make amends to the eldest young master...... Woo, the slave maid easily coaxed the girl to sleep, and it was really uncomfortable to see the girl like that, so she came out to hide and cry. ”

When Xiao Nanjiang heard her words, his whole body tensed, his face changed greatly, and he said, "What!?" You girls want to wipe their necks? Qiu'er, how can she think like this, how do you take care of the girl! ”

Xiao Nanjiang grew up in the Zhou family, six years older than Zhou Qingqiu, he often goes in and out of the Zhou family's house, and Zhou Qingqiu is familiar with urinating, since Zhou Qingqiu grew into a big girl, bright and moving, Xiao Nanjiang sent people to grow up in the Zhou family under the fence, and felt that he was favored by the Zhou family, naturally, he was obedient to Zhou Qingqiu, and he went with the flow, and also tied a heart to Zhou Qingqiu's body.

Mint saw that Xiao Nanjiang was really anxious when he heard this, so he wept again: "It's really not that the slaves and maids are useless, it's that this time the girl is really guilty and sad, and the young master also knows that the girl only has a brother like the eldest young master, and has a deep relationship with the eldest young master's brother and sister, and now the eldest young master died because of the girl, and the girl is ...... Girl, how could she think about it, the young master and the girl grew up together, so go and persuade our girl. ”

Mrs. Zhou's Wu family doesn't like Xiao Nanjiang and Zhou Qingqiu to have more contact, and she doesn't look down on Xiao Nanjiang's life experience, Xiao Nanjiang naturally knows, she has low self-esteem in her heart on weekdays, and she doesn't dare to get closer to Zhou Qingqiu.

Mint had already arranged it, and directly took Xiao Nanjiang into the back door and entered Zhou Qingqiu's boudoir all the way.

When he entered the house, there was a strong smell of medicine, Zhou Qingqiu was lying in the curtain, the whole person was pale and emaciated, although he was asleep, his brows were tightly twisted, and he was covered with cold sweat, which was very painful.

Xiao Nanjiang glanced at it twice, and then he was distressed, and before he got closer, he saw Zhou Qingqiu, who was asleep, suddenly waving his hands and shouting, "Don't kill my eldest brother, come at me, come at me, please, kill me, let my eldest brother go...... Woo, big brother! ”

Xiao Nanjiang was startled, stepped forward, held Zhou Qingqiu's hand, and called her urgently, "Sister Qiu, wake up!" ”

On such a hot day, Zhou Qingqiu's body was covered with a thick brocade quilt, and his hands were cold to the bones, Xiao Nanjiang held it in his hands, and it hurt in his heart.

Zhou Qingqiu suddenly opened his eyes, and when he saw Xiao Nanjiang, he threw himself into Xiao Nanjiang's arms weakly, cried, and said in a trembling voice: "Cousin, my eldest brother is dead, he was killed, I hate myself so much!" It's me who hurt my eldest brother. ”

As she spoke, she pushed Xiao Nanjiang away and was about to hit the bedpost, Xiao Nanjiang hugged her and felt that she was there

, feeling her trembling in her arms, only to feel a heart splashed, as long as she doesn't cry, she is willing to do anything for her.

He coaxed for a long time, and Zhou Qingqiu gradually quieted down, leaned on the big pillow, and sobbed: "Cousin is right, my eldest brother has a spirit in the sky, he will not blame me, he must hope that I am well, don't feel guilty for his death, but I ...... But how can I be so selfish and just survive! It's a pity that I'm a woman, I don't know anything but embroidery, I can't avenge my eldest brother, and I can't kill Shen Qing with my own hands...... I'm useless, I'm useless. ”

As she spoke, she raised her hand and patted her head, Xiao Nanjiang hurriedly stopped her and said, "Didn't you say that Brother Rui died at the hands of Prince Yi's mansion?" ”

He had already learned the cause and effect of Zhou Rui's death from Mrs. Zhou, and when he heard Zhou Qingqiu's words at this moment, he couldn't help but speak.

Zhou Qingqiu showed a look of resentment on his face, and said: "Although this is the case, but Prince Yi's Mansion is powerful, my brother said that he died because of this Shen Qing, I can't help Prince Yi's Mansion now, but that Shen Qing is just a cloth cloth, I want to kill him first, and I can also let my eldest brother Jiuquan rest a little." Cousin, can you help me? ”

Zhou Qingqiu hated to kill Shen Qing because of what happened upstairs in Xianyue, but she didn't recover from her illness, and Zhou Rui lost her life because of Shen Qing, because of this, her mother lost her beloved son, and she was angry with her and slapped her twice.

usually spoils her a lot, but now he scolds her for causing trouble and harming her brother.

Whether it was Zhou Rui's death or his biological mother's anger, Zhou Qingqiu hated to immediately slash Shen Qing. Persimmon picked a soft pinch, she didn't dare to provoke Qin Yu, who made her ugly, so she turned all her anger on Shen Qing in white.

This is human nature, Zhou Qingqiu asked his father Zhou Jiangyan to kill Shen Qing to avenge Zhou Rui, but neither Zhou Dingxing nor Zhou Jiangyan listened to her, and grounded her, not allowing her to cause trouble again.

Zhou Qingqiu was even more uncomfortable and hateful, so she moved her mind to Xiao Nanjiang, she knew that Xiao Nanjiang held a part of the dark power of the Zhou family in his hands, and there were many things that his grandfather and father asked him to do.

It just so happens that Xiao Nanjiang likes her, and she doesn't use him to be angry for herself, so she is simply sorry for herself.

Xiao Nanjiang nodded when he heard this, and said, "Okay, then Shen Qing really deserves to die!" However, this matter still needs to be given to my uncle and grandfather, so that it can be arranged, after all, Shen Qing is now a person from Prince Li's Mansion, and Brother Rui has just died, I am afraid that many people will pay attention to this Shen Qing, if something happens to him, it is easy for people to suspect my Zhou family, and you need to be cautious. ”

When Zhou Qingqiu heard him say this, he immediately burst into tears again, pushed Xiao Nanjiang, and said, "If you don't want to help me, forget it, why bother to say such a prevarication." I don't believe it, that Shen Qing is just a civilian in white, even if he dies, how big a wave can he set off? As long as there is no evidence left and things are done beautifully, who can help my Zhou family? ”

She wiped her tears and said: "Grandfather and father just thought too much, so they wronged my brother and died in vain, and if I didn't avenge my brother and killed Shen Qing, I couldn't sleep peacefully for a day, I couldn't get peace, I ...... I ......"

As she spoke, her eyes rolled and she put her hand on her forehead, looking like she was about to faint.

Xiao Nanjiang was startled by her, and hurriedly stretched out his arm to help her, but was pushed away by Zhou Qingqiu and said, "You go!" You are also greedy for life and afraid of death, and you refuse to contribute to my brother, and you refuse to hide from your grandfather and father to help us, what are you still doing here, do you see my jokes. As he spoke, his shoulders shook and he couldn't stop crying.

How could Xiao Nanjiang stand his sweetheart like this, he gritted his teeth and said: "Sister Qiu, don't worry, my cousin won't let Brother Rui die in vain, you eat and sleep obediently, just leave this matter to your cousin, and my cousin will arrange it, keep it for ten days, and let Shen Qing disappear in this world!" ”

Zhou Qingqiu stopped his tears when he heard this, burst into tears, and said, "It's better for my cousin to treat me well, I'll wait for my cousin's good news." ”

When Mint sent Xiao Nanjiang out and entered the house, he saw Zhou Qingqiu kicking the thick brocade on his body out of bed in disgust, and threw down the two ice packs wrapped in oiled paper under the bedding, his face was cold, and he said, "He's gone?" ”

Mint blessed her body and said, "Rest assured, the young master will definitely handle things well." ”

Zhou Qingqiu snorted coldly when he heard this, and said coldly: "If it weren't for him, my brother wouldn't have died, and I am also for the good of the Zhou family, if my brother is dead, then Shen Qing is still living in the palace of Prince Li, so how do outsiders think of my Zhou family?" No one can be bullied in the future! ”

Mint hurriedly stepped forward, cleaned up the bed, and said, "What the girl said is very true. ”

In Prince Li's mansion, Zhou Rui's case was closed, and Gu Qingwan felt like a big stone in her heart.

After she reconciled with Qin Yu yesterday, she has been detained by Qin Yu in his study for the past two days. Gu Qingwan thought about Lou Minning saying that he would secretly send her away from the capital, and he was afraid that he would leave in a few days, and the Fuyun Hall would not be able to be rebuilt.

She had a feud with the Zhou family in Prince Yi's Mansion this time, although it was caused by Qin Yu having to take her to Prince Yi's Mansion, and Zhou Rui was also killed by Qin Yu.

But in the end, Qin Yu killed Zhou Rui because of her, and afterwards, it was also a fact that Prince Li's Mansion did its best to protect her.

After accepting the favor, Gu Qingwan wanted to return the favor, thinking that in the past few days, she would speed up and draw the drawings of Fuyun Hall in detail. When she left the next day, with this drawing, the craftsmen of the palace could naturally build the Fuyun Hall according to the drawings, and would not delay the birthday gift of the prince's mansion by the Qin Emperor.

She didn't take a penny, so she could be regarded as returning the favor.

In this way, Gu Qingwan was very honest in the past two days, and she didn't mention leaving the palace again, most of the time was spent on drawing drawings, when she drew drawings, Qin Yuduo sat next to her to read, or lay paper and write, and the two got along with each other rarely.

It was nearly noon that day, Gu Qingwan was working hard, but Song Ning came in and gave a letter to Gu Qingwan, saying, "There was a little guy named Liu Quan who sent it to the side door." ”

Liu Quan is the little maid bought by Zhuang Yuexian, Gu Qing told Zhuang Yuexian when she left that night, and asked her to come to the palace to send her a letter if she had any matter.

After opening the letter, after Gu Qingwan read it, he pinched a plain note and said to Qin Yu: "It's Chen Xinying, she gave me a post, asking me to go to the Agarwood Tea House for tea in the afternoon, can Your Highness allow me to go?" ”

Qin Yu heard the words and glanced at the plain note, but he stroked his robe and stood up, and said: "Ye has been holding back in the house for so many days, and he is very stuffy, let's go, Ye will take you out for a walk, and have lunch in Xianyue Tower, and when the time comes, Lord will send you to the Agarwood Tea House." ”

As he spoke, he walked to the inner room, walked two steps, and then turned his head to look at Gu Qingwan, who was frowning and stunned, and said, "Go and change your clothes, what are you in a daze." ”

Gu Qingwan looked at him with a domineering appearance, sighed, and nodded resignedly, but she was thinking in her heart, Qin Yu followed her so closely, could it be that she had discovered something......