"Naturally, it's out." A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhou Shu's lips, "I heard that there was a fire in the Buddhist hall, and my father rushed over almost at an expedited speed of eight hundred miles, rushed into the sea of fire desperately, opened the mechanism, abandoned the jade staff, and took the head of the staff......

Between the trade-offs, the heroic decisiveness is really breathtaking! ”

Jian Ying was not full of resentment when she heard his words, and she was curious about what he was angry about, but she didn't have the heart to think about it carefully, "The head of the staff was taken away by my father, so aren't you working in vain?" ”

"It's not in vain." Luring the snake out of the hole, it is inevitable to startle the snake, the king of Ji'an will take away the head of the jade staff, as early as Zhou Shu expected, he didn't expect to get such an important thing by setting a fire.

As long as you send someone to keep an eye on where King Ji'an has gone tonight, you can roughly deduce where he has changed the things to hide, and then ask the right people to find a suitable time to steal them.

Judging from the importance that King Ji'an attaches to the head of the jade scepter, what Qingmo said is true, there is indeed something hidden there, even if it is not a secret decree, it is also something related to the life experience of the old concubine.

In addition to this, he got other clues.

"When my father opened the mechanism, the stone spring was hidden on the beam, and I could see it very clearly, and there was a dark grid half a meter square behind the statue of Guanyin. The dark grid is divided into two, one side is densely enshrined with dozens of wordless spirit cards, and the other side is also placed with spirit cards, all of which have names, and each name is drawn with a red pen '×' number.

The name on the spirit tablet placed at the front is 'Xiao Zhengqian'......"

Jian Ying was taken aback, "Isn't that the name of the emperor today?" ”

"It's not just the emperor." Zhou Shu's expression was very serious. "The names of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's brother Qiu Zhijing, Concubine Yao, the old Taiyuan Marquis, Qi Haoyuan and others are all engraved on the spirit card."

Jian Ying was full of shock, "Isn't the red '×' meaning of execution?" Doesn't that mean, Father, ...... No, those spirit cards should have been set up by the old lady, doesn't it mean that the old lady has an enmity with these people?

What's the deal with those blank spirit cards? ”

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the old lady who set up for her loved ones. The reason why there is no word, eight ~ nine times out of ten is what grievances have been suffered. It is necessary to wait for the day when the grievances are revealed, and then the name will be engraved in a dignified manner.

And so it goes. Some of the mysteries of the old lady can also be solved. Since it is involved with the royal family, presumably the old concubine's maiden family is not an ordinary family, as long as you ask someone to check the old case fifty years ago to see if there is a family surnamed Liu who has been convicted. It is not difficult to find out the life experience of the old lady. ”

Zhou Shu paused. Turning his head to look at Jian Ying. "My grandfather's name is on the list."

"Huh?" Jian Ying became more and more surprised, "Isn't your grandfather a down-and-out teacher?" Before the father and mother got married, there should be no intersection with the old lady, right? Why did you get on the death blacklist? ”

"About the matter. I'm also puzzled. Zhou Shu raised his eyebrows, "My grandfather is much younger than the old concubine, and when the old concubine married my grandfather, my grandfather was not yet ten years old, and it is very unlikely that I will have a grudge against her."

Could it be a great-grandfather? ”

Judging from the situation of the spirit cards in the dark grid, those who are crossed should have a direct or indirect connection with the unjust case of the old lady's mother's family.

Could it be that his grandfather was involved?

But as far as he knew, the Qin family was a noble family that had been cultivating and studying for generations, and there were a few ancestors who had become officials, and by the time of his great-grandfather's generation, they had already declined. Although his great-grandfather was famous, he had no official position and had always made a living by teaching.

How could such a person have anything to do with an old lady with a prominent family?

It's incomprehensible!

Jian Ying touched her chin with her hand, it seems that the old lady forced King Ji'an to kill the Qin family, not just because of the conflict between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but also because there are deeper grievances here.

The question is, why did the old lady agree to her son marrying the daughter of the enemy's family, and leave Zhou Shu's bloodline? Could it be that she didn't know that the Qin family was her own enemy in advance, but only found out later?

There is another question, "How did the mother know about the old lady's life experience?" ”

"It was the old lady who told her." Zhou Shu's tone was firm, not a guess, "Lady, do you remember, I told you that on the night of the old lady's death, the third watch called the mother concubine in the middle of the night to explain her last words alone?" It was at that time that the old lady told her mother about her life experience. ”

Jian Ying looked at him suspiciously, "How do you know?" ”

Zhou Shu reached out and probed into his arms, and took out a letter that was burned to the point of being only half of it with two fingers, "Father only took what he thought was important, but he threw this letter in the sea of fire, and Shi Quan finally snatched it out." ”

Jian Ying suddenly understood why he was indignant when he talked about the scene when King Ji'an rushed into the sea of fire, "This is...... Mother's suicide note?! ”

Seeing him nodding, he hurriedly took it, pulled out two pages of scrap paper from it, and looked at it carefully.

The head and tail of the letter paper were burned, and only the handwriting in the middle lines was complete, connecting the remaining contents, and then making up a little bit according to the information that had been mastered, and what happened between the old lady and the Qin family would be roughly clear.

Thinking that the old lady felt that she was about to be over, she made a plan with Yun's mother, so she called the Qin family to the bed on the grounds of explaining her last words, created an opportunity for the two to be alone, and then told the secret of her life experience.

Before that, King Ji'an should have known nothing about his mother's background. That's why the old lady told the Qin family not to tell him for the time being, lest he suffer even more, and wait until the future to slowly reveal it to him.

That secret must have been very shocking, otherwise the Qin clan would not have turned pale with fright, and as soon as he returned to his courtyard, he collapsed to the ground.

When King Ji'an became suspicious of the cause of the old lady's death and inquired, her frightened appearance when she came out of the old lady's bedroom would become suspicious. She is a person who keeps her promises, and when her husband asks about the content of her last words, she will try her best to hide them. When King Ji'an noticed that she was dodging, he would be even more suspicious of her.

The old lady has figured out the temperament of her son and daughter-in-law, step by step, carefully arranged, and calculated all aspects. When the Qin clan was defenseless, how could they not fall into the trap?

Jian Ying was still a little puzzled before, the maids and daughters-in-law in the Qin family's courtyard had all signed a deed of sale, and whether they lived or died was left to the master's disposal. King Ji'an wants to seal his mouth and be charged with a crime, just kill him with a cane, is it possible that the government will come to investigate it? Why do you want to make such a move, sell people to the government, and then send people to hunt down and kill, increasing unnecessary risks?

Now she understood the reason for this inconsistent behavior of King Ji'an.

Qin's death was carefully designed, with Xiaohuan as a scapegoat, others would not suspect him at all. The reason why he sold his subordinates was because he didn't want Zhou Shu to know the real cause of Qin's death, but he thought of going with Qin.

Qingmo slipped into the study to peek at the suicide note, and saw that half of his whereabouts were discovered when he was a child, and he didn't put the letter as it was in a panic. When King Ji'an saw the letter and found that it had been opened, he must be worried that the secret of the old concubine's life experience would be exposed.

At that time, the subordinates had already been sold, and he couldn't track down who the person who peeked at the suicide note was, and how many people had seen it. However, those who are qualified to enter his study are only those who serve the Qin family closely. In line with the mentality of preferring to kill by mistake rather than letting go, he issued a hunt and kill order for Qingmo and others.

Peeling back the cocoon, so far in the investigation, it is an ironclad fact that King Ji'an killed the Qin family. It stands to reason that Zhou Shu can also make a break with his grandfather.

"What are you going to do next?" Jian Ying asked, looking him straight into the eyes.

Zhou Shu understood what she was worried about, her fists were released and clenched, and she said in a difficult tone: "I won't kill him, no matter what, he is my father and gave me half of my life, and I can't do anything about him."

However, I can't let my mother die in vain like that, I must make him kneel in front of my mother's spirit to apologize......"

Jian Ying sighed deeply, "Do you want to confront your father face to face?" ”

"Nope." Zhou Shu shook his head, "I have no evidence, and he won't admit it based on speculation alone."

And the apology I want is not as simple as making him kneel in front of his mother's spirit and cry bitterly and say a few words like 'I was wrong'. I want him to repent of his mistakes and live the rest of his life in pain and remorse. ”

In the end, his expression and tone were as cold as if he had been soaked in frost and snow.

Jian Ying looked at him steadily, wanting to persuade a few words, but she couldn't speak.

To be honest, she didn't have a good impression of King Ji'an. Although his act of killing the Qin clan stemmed from a misunderstanding, if he could trust his wife more and investigate it carefully and carefully, how could there be a misunderstanding?

And she always had a feeling that when King Ji'an killed the Qin family, he may not have realized that the Qin family was framed by the old concubine.

She didn't want to persuade Zhou Shu to let King Ji'an go, she was just afraid that Zhou Shu would also fall into pain while punishing King Ji'an. Blood is thicker than water, how can the relationship between father and son be broken?

After a long silence, he asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zhou Shu pursed his lips, and his tone faded, "I haven't thought about it yet." ”

In fact, he already has a general direction in his heart, over the years, the King of Ji'an has been active openly and secretly, making friends everywhere, he has long felt that the King of Ji'an has a plan, but he has never been able to guess what the King of Ji'an is plotting.

Now he can guess that King Ji'an is most likely planning to rehabilitate the old lady's mother's family, which must also be the old lady's unswerving wish until her death.

A person cannot be resurrected after death, but death does not mean that he can escape punishment, he must make her wish come to naught, and there will be no peace under the nine springs. If he can't fulfill his mother's last wish, his grandfather will definitely be very uncomfortable, right?

Jian Ying felt that he was not telling the truth, but he did not mean to get to the bottom of it. Squinted at him for a long time, then asked, "What can I do for you?" ”

Zhou Shu's expression softened, imprinted a gentle kiss on the top of her head, hugged her and murmured: "As long as you take care of yourself and our children, you will be the greatest help to me."

Those unpleasant things, let me do it alone. ”

――(To be continued......)