The hallway of the cell was dim and candlelit like a bean.

In the depths of the corridor, Jiang Xiaoxuan and Gu Changfeng held the railing and looked in.

But I saw that the jade unicorn was sitting on the filthy ground of the cell with his knees crossed, leaning on a bundle of straw, quietly.

Looking at the jade unicorn that was so haggard overnight, the jade unicorn's heart was like a knife, and he slowly squatted down and put the food in the basket into it.

"Eat something, you haven't eaten well in the past few days."

The jade qilin shook his head lightly: "I'm not hungry." ”

Looking at the jade unicorn that was like a dead tree, Jiang Xiaoxuan was distressed, and choked up: "What are you not arguing about?" Why do you let others slander you? ”

"Although she is slanderous, Xi'er did die because of me."

"Dying because of you, and being killed by you, are completely different things, you are such a smart person, can't you understand this truth?" Jiang Xiaoxuan was indignant.

"But ......," the jade qilin said indifferently, "How can I explain this to Yuanbao?" ”

Jiang Xiaoxuan was speechless, so she could only cry silently.

On the side, although Gu Changfeng didn't understand the deep meaning of the two of them, he only knew that Yu Qilin was innocent, and he also squatted down with Jiang Xiaoxuan, and looked at her pitifully: "Xiaoxuan, look, the last time we were in prison together was when we were in Dongluhe, it's only been a few days, and you went in again......" He originally wanted to be relieved, but the clumsy tongue actually said such a thing, and after finishing speaking, he realized that something was wrong again, and quickly covered his mouth.

Seeing his annoyed look, Jade Qilin couldn't help but laugh, "Yes, when I was in Donglu River, ......"

The three of them all remembered the happy times of Donglu River.

"I can't believe it. The happy memory of Donglu River was only three days ago. Jiang Xiaoxuan sighed in a low voice.

A figure swayed on the other side of the corridor, and Gu Changfeng looked at it. But when he saw a familiar figure, he opened his mouth and called: "Yuanbao!" ”

When the jade qilin heard this, he looked up sharply, but saw the man standing far away, and in the dark, he couldn't see his expression clearly.

Gu Changfeng stood up indignantly and said angrily: "Yuanbao, what the hell are you doing? You can put Xiaoxuan home with a word. Why do you want to lock her up in such a cold and dirty place! Xiaoxuan is still not your mother? Take her home! ”

"I didn't kill anyone." The jade qilin suddenly spoke, "If the crime is not cleared, I will not get out." ”

Gu Changfeng was stunned.

The gold ingots did not answer. Step by step, he walked to the cell and stared at the jade unicorn through the railing.

The jade unicorn involuntarily stood up and looked back at him.

"Why did you want to leave me?"

looked at the gold ingots that suddenly became a lot haggard outside the railing, and their romantic temperament was lost. The jade unicorn's heart is like a knife. After opening his mouth several times, he finally fell into disgrace.

"Tell me, why are you leaving me?" The gold ingots asked patiently again.

The jade qilin lowered her head, her shoulders swayed slightly, as if she was suppressing her emotions, and after a while, she slowly raised her head, her eyes calm: "I can't tell you." ”

Looking at the jade unicorn's calm and haggard face. The gold ingot's brows furrowed slowly, but he didn't say a word. Turn away.

On the same day, Jin Yuan Bao brought a group of government officials to the Jin Mansion to investigate, no matter how big or small, regardless of whether they were high or low, and all the people in the Jin Mansion, including Mrs. Jin, were checked one by one.

Until late at night, he still sat in front of the bookcase and carefully studied the confessions of each person.

From time to time, I watched him pick up a cup of strong tea as colored as ink in his hand, take a sip, rub his eyes, and continue to read. Ah Fu hesitated for a long time, and then opened his mouth to persuade: "Young master, if you boil it again, the rooster will crow, you can rest in peace, you can sleep for two hours, and continue to ...... tomorrow."

The gold ingots turned a deaf ear, and did not indicate the slightest intention of hearing.

"Young Master......"

But the gold ingots still didn't move.

Ah Fu was helpless, let out a long sigh, and retreated.

In the early morning, Ah Fu carefully opened the curtain, and Mrs. Jin walked slowly into the house. As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw that the gold ingots had a scruffy beard, red eyes, and disheveled clothes, obviously not sleeping all night.

She frowned, turned her head and ordered, "Carry it in."

The two maids carried a table of porridge and side dishes into the house silently, set them up, and retreated.

"Yuanbao, have some breakfast, and then do things after eating." Mrs. Jin gently persuaded.

Jin Yuan raised his head and wanted to refuse, but he met Mrs. Jin's concerned gaze, and saw that the dishes on the small table were all his favorite flavors, which showed that Mrs. Jin had carefully prepared them......

He thought for a moment, put down what he was holding, sat down at the table, and began to eat.

The mother and son didn't speak until the gold ingots ran out, and Mrs. Jin spoke: "I'll go and hand a note to Lord Fu Yin in a while, and ask him to put Xiaoxuan home." ”

Jin Yuan put down the dishes and chopsticks and denied: "No." Mother, don't worry about this matter, I have my own measure. ”

"You ......" Mrs. Jin slowed down her tone and suppressed her anger, "I will naturally take care of this matter." My dignified young lady of the Golden Mansion was imprisoned because of the death of a girl, what does it look like? Lord Fu Yin is confused, are you also confused? Why do you have to work so hard in one sentence, and we are so tired that our Jin Mansion has become a laughing stock in the capital. ”

"I don't care what others think, I'm arresting quickly, I know that Xiaoxuan didn't kill anyone, I want to find evidence and clear her name, that's all."

Mrs. Jin was so angry that she didn't have time to react, and Jin Yuan Bao added: "Xiaoxuan loves and hates so clearly, how can she get out of prison without knowing anything?" She would rather go to prison for the rest of her life than be charged with a crime. Needless to say, I'll leave this matter to me. ”

Outside the door, Liu Qianqian had been standing quietly, not daring to enter the door, but she didn't expect that she would hear Jin Yuan Bao defending the jade unicorn like this, and her face showed a jealousy that she couldn't hide.

When Mrs. Jin heard this, she laughed angrily: "In order to take care of her mood, you would rather ignore the face of my Jin Mansion, Yuanbao, I am disappointed!" ”

When Jin Yuan heard his mother's anger, he couldn't bear to be gloomy for a while, but finally controlled it and explained simply: "Mother, I'm catching fast." ”

"Cousin......"

At this time, Liu Qianqian, who had been standing behind, spoke timidly, wanting to persuade him.

The gold ingots heard the sound. Immediately, a cold eye knife swept towards her.

Liu Qianqian was silent in fright, and didn't dare to say anything.

Jin Yuan wanted to say something, and looked at Liu Qianqian hiding behind Mrs. Jin. After all, I still held back. only said coldly: "Qianqian, you better go back, don't run around if you have nothing to do." ”

"Hehe......" Mrs. Jin sneered: "Is this telling me not to run around?" Good! Qianqian, let's go! ”

After Liu Qianqian followed Mrs. Jin, she couldn't help but be lectured by Mrs. Jin again, and walked towards her yard in a depressed mood, who knows. As soon as I entered the door, I heard a cold voice say, "Qianqian, come here." Liu Qianqian woke up like a dream. Seeing his brother's face, he hesitated, and reluctantly followed Liu Wenzhao into the study.

"For the past few days, you still keep me in the house. Don't run around. Do you know the truth? Liu Wenzhao's voice was rarely cold and hard.

Don't run around again? Liu Qianqian raised her head suddenly, and a sneering smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "What are you for?" Brother, why do you suddenly want to lock up your sister? Am I walking around my own house, also running around? ”

Liu Wenzhao was furious and lowered his voice.

"Do you think I don't know what to do, but you are the one who testified to the young lady in the yamen that killed Xi'er?"

When Liu Qianqian heard this, she said mercilessly: "Brother, just say Jiang Xiaoxuan directly, don't be a young lady." If your mouth is wrong, I'm tired for you! ”

The mind was suddenly exposed by his sister. Liu Wenzhao was a little annoyed and angry, "Nonsense! In short, I don't allow you to cause trouble again! ”

"I didn't!" Liu Qianqian also raised her voice, tears rolling in her eyes, "Didn't Yuan Bao say that he was catching fast and telling evidence in everything?" I have evidence for what not to bring up? She Jiang Xiaoxuan is the murderer, and the murderer ......"

Before she finished speaking, she was slapped firmly on her face, Liu Qianqian only felt that her ears were "buzzing", and her snow-white face immediately became red and swollen. She covered her face in amazement and looked at Liu Wenzhao with wide eyes, as if she couldn't believe it.

Liu Wenzhao's face was like ice, his eyes were cold, and he slapped her hand, which was slowly put down, and the palm of his hand was slightly red.

"Jiang Xiaoxuan, she is not a murderer! Qianqian, my brother knows what you think......" Liu Wenzhao seemed to be a little guilty, avoided her eyes, and persuaded sincerely: "It's just that if you don't want it, Jin Ingot doesn't have you in his heart, and if you try your best, he still won't be tempted by you." ”

Liu Qianqian shook her head, slowly stood firm, and muttered: "Brother......" However, immediately, her eyes were unusually bright, "Brother, sister, I also know your thoughts, and I can also tell you the same thing, Jiang Xiaoxuan doesn't have you in her heart, no matter how hard you do, she still won't be tempted by you." ”

Liu Wenzhao was as if he had been whipped, and his face was pale.

"Yes, I just like Brother Yuanbao, I don't care if he has me in his heart or not, as long as I can stand by his side, fill the house, continue the string, and even, concubine, I am willing! As long as he doesn't have this Jiang Xiaoxuan by his side! Liu Qianqian snatched the door and walked out, but it was rare and did not shed a single tear.

Looking at his sister's resolute back, Liu Wenzhao couldn't react for a while.

Half a sound, Agui quietly walked in.

"Master?"

Liu Wenzhao came back to his senses.

"Miss's words hurt people, but there is nothing wrong with them. Now all the evidence points to the young lady, and there is a scapegoat at this time, which is exactly what is unwanted. Agui's voice was soft, but it was unquestionable.

Liu Wenzhao's heart was shocked and looked at Agui.

"I know that the master has her in her heart, but the young lady said it well, how can the young lady have a master in her heart? Master, this is not the time when you can have a long relationship with your children, on the one hand, a woman who does not have you in her heart, and on the other hand, the great cause of the rejuvenation of your Liu family, you have to think clearly about which is more important. ”

Liu Wenzhao closed his eyes, and the contradictions and struggles in his heart surged up together, suffocating to the extreme, making him want to tear his chest apart immediately.

"Actually, you just have to wait and see what happens. After all, if the young lady obeys the law, the marriage contract with the young master will naturally be dissolved, and when the time comes, you may not have the opportunity to change the young lady, in this way, it is your person or yours after all, isn't it? ”

Liu Wenzhao suddenly comprehended, and couldn't help muttering: "Yes, it's my person, it's still my ...... after all."

***

The next morning, the sun was just right.

There is an endless stream in front of the Yamen of the Mansion, and the people who do business and go shopping are in a daze, and they are very lively, but no one dares to hang out in front of the Yamen.

Liu Qianqian, who was richly dressed and decorated, came from a strange place, with a determined face and a hint of a sneer, and walked straight to the palace Yin Yamen.

Everyone's attention gradually attracted her, and the sound of discussion was buzzing. Crowds gather.

The two officials who were standing at the door and dozing off were also awakened and were about to stop them, but they saw Liu Qianqian walking in front of the drum of grievances with great momentum. Pick up the drumsticks.

Immediately, without hesitation, raise your hand and beat the drum!

The crowd was in an uproar.

The official was stunned for a moment and shouted according to the rules.

"Beat the drums - shout - injustice!"

**

The gold ingots were busy in front of his bookcase, deaf to the hustle and bustle outside. Suddenly, the room gradually fell silent, and the gold ingots looked up. Seeing his colleagues looking at him with complicated expressions, a sense of foreboding gradually surged in his heart.

Wang Qiang walked in with a piece of paper and gently placed it on the gold ingot case. "Head, I'm sorry, Lord Fu Yin asked me to send an edict. Someone just drummed, said. The evidence in Mrs. Zun's case is conclusive. It is required that Lord Yin must be brought to justice, and the murderer must not be connived at for personal gain. There are too many onlookers, and it may reach the ears of Yushi at some point, and Lord Fu Yin is helpless now, so he can only give you a result within three days, otherwise, he will have to deport Mrs. Zun to the Criminal Department. ”

The gold ingots stared at the bright red seal and the words "Three Days" on the oracle, and his eyes were already bloodshot. It seems to be getting redder at the moment.

Wang Qiang sympathetically pressed the gold ingot's shoulder and left......

And all the people in the house saw this. They all looked at each other and left silently.

After staring at the oracle for a long time, the gold ingots slowly stood up supporting the table, crumbling, only to feel that it was dim in front of him, and after a while, he stood up straight, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Quietly, immersed in the dark for a long time, Jin Yuan Bao suddenly opened his eyes and called: "Wang Qiang, help me prepare wine and food!" ”

The night gradually shrouded in.

The jade unicorn leaned against the corner of the wall with his knees crossed, looking up at the bright last quarter moon outside the skylight, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he and her Xiao Wu accompanied him on the night of the last full moon......

Suddenly, the iron chain on the cell door made a "bang", and the jade unicorn heard the sound, but saw the gold ingots walking in with a basket.

It's only been a day, is he so haggard?

The jade qilin looked at the stubble on his face, looked at his deeply locked brows, and his heart twitched.

The gold ingot glanced at her, silently, put the wine and food in place one by one, lifted up the neat robe and sat straight on the ground, and filled the wine glass.

"I'm tired of handling the case, so accompany me for a few drinks."

A trace of surprise slipped under the eyes of the jade qilin, but he didn't say anything, and silently raised his glass.

The two drank silently.

After three rounds of drinking, the two of them seemed to gradually get used to this feeling, and then Jin Yuan smiled unintentionally: "Do you know the way, I have been doing fishing for so many years, and what I am most afraid of is this kind of simple case." ”

"Oh."

"I'm not afraid of complicated means, I'm afraid of simplicity. The more complicated the more clues, and in a case like Xi'er, when encountered, strangled to death, and thrown into the river, the whole process may not exceed a tea ......" Jin Yuan Bao shook his head and drank the wine in his hand, "It's too difficult to break, it's too difficult." ”

Obviously, Yushu Linfeng is a person who cares about his appearance very much, but at this moment, he is neatly dressed and his face is swollen......

Obviously, as soon as he talks about the case, he talks about people who are full of confidence, but at this moment, he looks gloomy and has no confidence......

The jade qilin looked at him, and his heart was extremely unbearable...... A heart is like a ball of thread entwined, and now someone is slowly pulling out the thread along the thread, sticking to the flesh and blood, the pain is suffocating, but there is nothing to be done......

"I usually think you talk a lot, but now I'm really not used to it...... She married with you, a maid who sold the death deed, no relatives, no reason, no grievances, she can't even get out of the Golden Mansion, the simple interactions around her can't be simpler, and the closest person is probably you......" Jin Yuan laughed at himself, "Speaking of which, it's really your biggest suspicion." ”

Hearing him say this, the jade qilin only felt that the ball on the line suddenly knotted again, and slammed her hard.

She smiled sadly and said, "I also know that I seem to be the most suspicious." ”

"Yes." The gold ingots were drunk in one go.

Looking at the unshaved beard on his chin, the jade unicorn gently filled him with a glass of wine.

Jin Yuan Bao picked up his wine glass and was slightly irritable: "Three days, I still have three more days." ”

The jade unicorn was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the gold ingot: "What in three days?" ”

"Lord Fu Yin ordered that if you can't prove your innocence after three days, you will be sent to the Criminal Department. By that time......" he shook his head dejectedly, "I won't be able to whip it up." ”

Criminal Department? Prefect? How can there be so many involved? The jade unicorn was stunned.

"Three days. I'm going to find the clue in three days. ”

The desperation and frustration in his words made Jade Qilin's heart ache and it was difficult to suppress it, and he finally spoke.

"It's okay, I'm not afraid."

However, her comfort angered the gold ingot.

Jin Yuan Bao sneered and sneered: "Yes, you are not afraid, you will not tell me when you are dying, you will pack your baggage and leave, of course you are not afraid." ”

The jade unicorn was speechless.

Looking at the beautiful silhouette of the jade unicorn in the dim light, Jin Yuan put down his wine glass and asked softly: "Tell me, why do you want to leave me?" ”

His voice trembled slightly, full of anticipation, even a hint of pleading.

Jade Qilin clenched his fists and looked at him, his nails digging deep into his flesh, "I can't tell you. ”

The gold ingots were silent, a burst of indignation, and after half a ring, he tried his best to calm down, looked down at the jade unicorn, and left.

Tears fell silently, and the jade qilin only felt that at this moment, the ball of thread was torn clean, and the entire chest cavity was empty, and it seemed that only cold air remained......

"Even if no one else believes you...... I believe in you. ”

He seemed to sense her sadness, and didn't say much, but at the moment of leaving, he dropped such a sentence and left resolutely.

Even now, does he still trust himself so wholeheartedly? The jade unicorn sat on the ground alone, bursting into tears.

After leaving the cell, Jin Yuan Bao went straight to the mortuary, and in the dim light of the room, Xi'er's body was covered with a sheet, lying quietly, as if asleep.

Standing at the long table, the gold ingots gently lifted a corner of the sheet and examined it carefully.

Xi'er's face has been cleaned, serene, cold, and lifeless.

He stared intently at Xi'er's corpse, without the slightest fear or disgust at death. His gaze gradually swept over Xi'er's face, and his hand fell back to the choke on his neck.

Hand? The gold ingots looked at the collection carefully, and his eyes gradually brightened.

In the middle of the night, in front of the Yamen of Fu Yin, there was a sudden drum beating, and Lord Fu Yin was sleeping happily with his concubine, and this drum beat came unexpectedly, which scared him a lot.

"Where...... What a bitch, in the middle of the night!! Fu Yin was furious and shouted: "Come on, go and show me!" ”

Immediately outside the door, the sound of the sound of the Suo Suo, after a while, the drum beat abruptly, and then the servant said outside the door: "My lord, the gold ingots beat the drum and sound the grievances." ”

"What?" Fu Yin sighed, got up and dressed, "Alas, it's the eldest young master of the Jin family again!" ”

A moment later, Fu Yin wore a plain clothes and walked into the yamen, the gold ingots were standing with their hands in their hands, and his shadow was stretched long in the moonlight.

After hearing Fu Yin's footsteps, he immediately turned around and bowed his head slightly to the side to plead guilty, "Lord Fu Yin forgives his subordinates for the crime of disturbing late at night." ”

Fu Yin glared at him dissatisfiedly, but waved his hand tiredly and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, get used to it." Yuanbao, what is it? Mrs. Zun's matter, it's not that I don't want to make it convenient, it's that you yourself grabbed someone else's handle in the first place......"

"Your Excellency!" Jin Yuan Bao interrupted: "My lord, my lady is innocent, please let her go!" ”

Fu Yin was stunned for a moment, and said lightly: "Yuanbao, I have to talk about the evidence soon." ”

Jin Yuanbao's eyes were bright, and his tired face couldn't hide his excitement and confidence: "I have evidence, my mother is not a murderer!" (To be continued......)