Chapter 286: The First Rank
At night, the Fengyuan courtyard of the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion.
Qiu Jinting, as usual, stared out of the window in a daze, saying that he would not let people close the window.
Xiangqiao was worried that she would catch a cold, so she hurriedly took out a duck blue cotton cloak and quietly helped her put it on.
"If this man is locked up in prison, will he still be able to see the moon in the sky?" Qiu Jinting seemed to be muttering to himself, but he turned his head slightly to look at Xiangqiao.
Seeing this, Xiang Qiao replied stubbornly: "It should be invisible." "What was it like in prison, how could she know.
Qiu Jinting seemed to be satisfied with this answer, and gently hooked the corners of his lips.
"It's no wonder that those outlaws in the drama would rather wander the world and live a life of hiding in Tibet than go to prison. In that dark place, you can't even see the moon! Qiu Jinting said with emotion.
Xiangqiao listened to it with a mushy brain.
Just now, I thought she was worried about He Qingwan, but now the more she listens to it, the more she doesn't feel like it.
"Second grandma, don't you really plan to help save Miss Biao from Dali Temple?" Xiangqiao asked tentatively.
"How can I help? My mother can't do anything, how can I be so powerful! Qiu Jinting's voice was very soft, but with a trace of imperceptible resentment.
"Or you can go and ask for the prince ......," Xiangqiao couldn't help but want to remind.
Qiu Jinting snorted coldly: "The prince of the world? It's not the first day you entered the Hou Mansion, but you should tell me, whether it's me or the second master, can anyone speak in front of the prince? ”
Xiang Qiaoden was speechless.
She must also admit that Qiu Jinting is really right.
"Let them resign themselves to their fate!" Qiu Jinting's voice was slightly ethereal, "What God is destined to do, sometimes it is not something that we mortals can control. Who would have thought that the two of them could become a family! ”
Xiangqiao nodded as if she didn't understand, and thought to herself, this time Miss Biao is probably really lucky.
However, this is not the case.
The day before the day when he was scheduled to behead Sato in Shenwumen, He Qingwan and several maids were released from Dali Temple.
The reason is simple, Sato found it.
"Sato found?" When Lu Qingrong heard this, he pulled Jiang Xuan's sleeve with some excitement and asked.
Jiang Xuan was not a little happy, took her to sit down next to the rosewood round table outside, and said, "I found it, but I didn't live it." ”
"Huh?" Lu Qingrong's eyes widened.
"It was found by Xu Wang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, when he personally led people to search Wanping County." Jiang Xuan said in detail, "It is said that at that time, Sato resisted stubbornly to the death and refused to be captured, so Lord Xu ordered to move, cut his hand on the spot, took the head, and came back to his life. ”
Lu Qingrong was shocked, trying not to let himself imagine the scene at that time.
After a moment, she relieved herself, and then she felt that something seemed wrong.
"Sato finally escaped from prison, neither stayed in the capital to take revenge, nor fled all the way back to Mobei, but hid in Wanping, which is located in the south of the capital?" Lu Qingrong couldn't understand, "Moreover, tomorrow is the day when the emperor once announced to the world that he was going to behead Sato, and today he suddenly caught someone, isn't it too coincidental?" ”
"Who's to say it isn't!" Jiang Xuan was quite helpless, "And there are so many people sent out by the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but in the end, the Criminal Department took the lead, and it was Shangshu of the Criminal Department who came on the scene in person, which is really too much of a coincidence." ”
Lu Qingrong was silent for a moment before frowning and asking, "Does the emperor believe it?" ”
"Ostensibly believing. Tomorrow at the Shenwu Gate, the news that Sato has been subdued will be announced to the world, and according to the original plan, the head of the nine sides will be spread. Jiang Xuan could only smile bitterly.
Lu Qingrong immediately understood.
The emperor really has no choice, the matter of beheading the public has long been shouted, if the prisoners of war run away from the battle, whether it is to the officials of the DPRK and China, or the border guards, or even in the hearts of the people, it will set off a lot of waves.
"I hope the head is real!" Lu Qingrong sighed sincerely.
"I'm afraid the emperor doesn't think so!" Jiang Xuan said bluntly.
"How so?"
"The men and horses sent to Jiayuguan to intercept Sato have not been recalled. Moreover, although Xu Wang 'wore a crime and made meritorious contributions', he was still demoted six levels in a row, and he was demoted from the secretary of the criminal department to the criminal department in one go, which shows the great anger of the emperor. ”
Lu Qingrong couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.
The two of them were silent for a long time, and the room was quiet for a while.
Or did Lu Qingrong suddenly remember: "What about Song Shixiang, have you ever found it?" ”
"Nope." Jiang Xuan shook his head, "But since he has already planned to publicize the matter of Sato Fufa, it is not good to be in a hurry to interrogate the people of the Song family, and now he has only ordered Song Shixiang to be wanted in various provinces, and his family has all been released back to the Chengping Marquis Mansion." ”
Although Lu Qingrong didn't want to care about He Qingwan's affairs, he also felt in his heart that He Qingwan certainly had something to hate, and he would never want her to die in Dali Temple.
Now that she has been released, she should have learned some lessons, and maybe it will be good for the future. Lu Qingrong said secretly in his heart.
As everyone knows, He Qingwan has not only learned a lesson, these days of being locked up in Dali Temple, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has taken off his skin!
At this time, He Qingwan returned to the Chengping Marquis Mansion, and after changing clothes and bathing, he sat on the edge of the bed in a daze.
There was no one in the house to disturb her peace.
It's just because everyone in the Chengping Marquis Mansion is now hiding from Song Shixiang's courtyard, and they can't wait to build a wall to keep them outside.
Chengping Hou and Shizi are not angry on weekdays, but there is still this awareness.
All kinds of signs are too obvious, and they can't help but wonder if the head that Xu Wang brought back is Sato's?
Of course, they hoped in their hearts that it was true, and only in this way could the involvement of the Chengping Marquis Mansion be smaller. But there are so many doubts that they can't even convince themselves.
As a result, the Marquis of Chengping had already begun to discuss with the prince that in order not to be affected, he should do everything possible to expel Song Shixiang from the house and completely cut off the relationship......
He Qingwan didn't know about their plan yet.
If she could know, maybe she wouldn't be as entangled as she is now.
There was a charcoal fire burning in the house, which should have been warm, but He Qingwan felt that it was even colder than outside.
Arms were raised, and his body gradually shrunk into a ball, as if this would remove all the memories of the previous days in Dali Temple.
In a trance, there was a sudden churning in his stomach, and He Qingwan retched on the side of the bed.
When she looked up again, her eyes suddenly became very different.
There is less emptiness and confusion, but more fear and uneasiness.
He Qingwan calmed down, subconsciously put his hands on his lower abdomen, and began to seriously think about whether he should be so ruthless...... R1152