Blood kept spurting from his mouth, his face twitched like a ghost, and his hands trembled as if he wanted to grab her—

"You have secretly changed the official office documents and records many times, don't think that no one will know about it, your own father, it is, it is-"

His throat rattled, but he could no longer make a sound, and his whole body collapsed and died of exhaustion.

The scene fell into a deathly silence.

The night wind blew the panes slightly, and the faint candlelight flickered and struggled, and suddenly a light burst out, and the dark room was a little brighter, and everyone looked frightened, dazed, and angry.

"Sixth brother, is he dead?"

The third sister Gong Yuchun trembled slightly, and asked lightly.

Xiao Gu didn't answer, just stood quietly behind Qin Yao, and after the latter carefully wiped the long sword, he gently pressed the machine spring, and the three-foot Qingfeng was put into the sheath.

"He's not our brother anymore."

His voice was indifferent, but there was a lingering pain of loneliness.

The second sister covered her face. Crying - although she is old, she is still so tame and elegant, and she can't see the cruelty of life and death.

"But after all, the brotherhood over the years has ......"

She choked up.

When the third sister heard this, her eyebrows rose up, and on her originally haggard and tired face, a pair of cat-like beautiful eyes were almost red with anger-

"He betrayed our secret to Jinyiwei for the sake of his wealth and freedom—once caught, all of us would be a capital crime, so why didn't he think about brotherhood at that time?"

Another calm voice sounded, it was the eldest brother who had always been silent and steady-

"There will never be forgiveness in our life as a slave to sin, and even our children and grandchildren will never be paramount...... In the midst of suffering, people will betray kindness, friendship, and character. Perhaps, this kind of thing will continue to happen in the future. ”

Everyone's hearts were tightened and ached because of this sentence!

Some people wanted to refute, but they opened their mouths but still didn't say anything - how cruel the Yongle Emperor's methods were, and how strict the imperial court's control of criminal slaves was, they shuddered just thinking about it. Under this pressure, I am afraid that it is very possible that a few more traitors will emerge in the future.

People, after all, are selfish and cowardly, and under the pressure of the supreme imperial authority, they will be turned into powder without resisting.

There was a faint sound of singing, dancing and laughter outside the window screen, but the corner of this dark room was silent, everyone lowered their heads, only felt that there was a thousand catties of heavy burden on their shoulders, and the grief and anger were unspeakable but there was nowhere to vent.

"Therefore, even if we kill a few more people like Yang Yan, it will only cure the symptoms and not the root cause - we can't sit idly by and just give the court a salary!"

The crisp voice came from Xiao Gu, different from her usual hoarse and vague, and her words at this time were decisive and confident.

The eldest brother's eyes flashed, and he was about to ask, but he held back, and just sighed, "No matter what, it's a righteous battle and bury him, right?" ”

"Just in case, let's burn it to ashes and throw it into the river!"

Xiao Gu said lightly, but it made everyone feel cold in their hearts, and their faces showed indignation - people die like lights out, no matter how poor the beggars and homeless people are, there is a broken wooden board and a broken mat to wrap themselves, but the sixth child is burned to ashes and cannot be put into the soil for peace, and will be scattered into the river - the heart of the twelve mothers is simply made of iron and stone!

Qin Yao saw it clearly, and unconsciously stretched out his hand and patted Xiao Gu's shoulder to comfort him, he looked around and explained for her: "If the body is buried, if it is exhumed, the capable work can still find a lot of useful clues - our Jinlan Society is extremely dangerous now, and it really can't withstand any turmoil!" ”

These words hit the nail on the head, and no one dared to show kindness indiscriminately, and the eldest brother commanded: "Since the sixth brother has leaked some information to Jinyiwei, in order to prevent his whereabouts from being revealed, everyone has been living in peace recently, so this secret meeting will be stopped for the time being." ”

The crowd had no more opinions, so they broke up and left.

"Twelve, you stand for me!"

A coquettish shout made Xiao Gu stop.

"You have already found out that there is a problem with the sixth child, why didn't you say it earlier, and make a fool of everyone?!"

Xiao Gu turned his head and quietly looked at the angry and powdery old Sangong Yuchun, and said nothing coldly.

Her silence was seen in Gong Yuchun's eyes, but it was provocative and ignorant, she was angry and sneered: "You don't take everyone in your eyes at a young age, and you will do whatever it takes to achieve your goals!" It's the same when you killed Yang Yan - you got away with it yourself, but the one who sold bamboo was caught in prison and questioned, people like you are simply cold-blooded and ruthless! ”

Xiao Gu looked at her, Gong Yuchun's heart was furious, but his face was even more arrogant and disdainful, "Why, I was speechless when I said it?!" You-"

"Enough!"

A low cry interrupted her evil words, but the familiar voice made her face turn pale instantly.

Qin Yao strode forward, grabbed Xiao Gu's arm, didn't look at Gong Yuchun, and said to himself: "Let's go!"

"Don't go!"

Gong Yuchun looked at the intimate appearance of the two holding their arms side by side, and his heart was sour, jealous and hateful, and he suddenly said without words: "You men are all eye-catching!" You treat her as Miss Jiao's sick Shih Tzu, but she is a murderous female devil who doesn't blink an eye - if you want to make love, get out together, so as not to dirty my place! ”

"I put all the blame on the bamboo seller because he deserved it."

Suddenly, Xiao Gu finally spoke.

"Hmph, who are you fooling? An honest ...... in business"

"An honest person is not necessarily a good person - don't you understand the truth when you deal with customers who are not good at all? Three months ago, this honest man ruthlessly sold his daughter into the house of Shenwu General Feng Lun - just over two months, the little girl's body was thrown out, naked and covered in bruises, and the lower half of her body was almost torn apart. ”

Qin Yao frowned, and finally told the truth.

What the?!

Gong Yuchun covered his mouth in surprise, and his body trembled slightly—it was extreme surprise mixed with angry emotion, "How can this be!" That's his biological daughter, and it's not that he can't open the pot! “

"Selling my daughter at a high price to the kind of powerful people who abuse and kill sex is to make money to let my son go to the first private school in the county, and in the future, he will be a talent or something, then he will be called the glory of the ancestors!"

Xiao Gu's voice was flat and latent with agitation, like fiery red lava flowing under the flat, which could erupt at any time.

She stared at Gong Yuchun, cold as frost but with strange and inexplicable pity, "As a woman, she was abandoned by her family and fell into the pit of hellfire, and she couldn't survive or die - you should understand this feeling deeply!" ”

Gong Yuchun's body suddenly stopped trembling, and her beautiful eyes shrank into two points due to extreme excitement - they were simply two black and blazing flames!

Xiao Gu ignored her anymore, turned to Qin Yao and said, "Let's go." ”

The empty eyes looked at the figures of the two of them in the distance, Gong Yuchun could no longer support it, and the whole person fell to the ground weakly, letting the tears flow wantonly.

The reason was that the scar that had healed for many years was pierced at this moment, and a dangerous but real pus flowed out - she choked and sniffed, and suddenly felt extremely peaceful inside.

****

When Xiao Gu returned to the Shen Mansion, he was still living the days of chopping wood, carrying water, eating, and sleeping, without surprise or joy, and extremely dull.

The new Yuxia'er in the charcoal house is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, usually a small mouth is so sweet that she is drunk, and the stewards and mothers are fascinated and smiling, relying on this momentum, she is idle all day long, either pushing and saying that she is uncomfortable, or going to the stove to please those chefs, wanting to learn a trick or two, but she doesn't take her job to heart at all.

A half-aged who has lost her backer, a skinny fool, and a nosy stupid woman...... She didn't pay attention to it at all.

Soon it was in the month of Laba, and before I had time to prepare Laba porridge and New Year's goods, there was a big event to be done in the house - it was the old lady's forty-ninth birthday!